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TCBUSBIO BTVT.HT. TOITJAY BT COLL. VAN CLETK. ALBANY, OREGON. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Frank Motjtjton, in his testimony in the Tilton-Beecher trial, the other day, admitted that Ben. Butler -wrote his fa mous " statements " of last summer. ANNA l)lCKrs-OV foIIriariTlcr tliA o-ram. pie of Kate Field, has bid farewell to the lecture platform, only, however, to pre pare herself for a speedy debut on the stage. , Mr. Horace White, late editor of the Chicago Tribune, finds his health much impaired by his editorial labors, and will visit the "West Indies next month, in company with David A. "Wells. Hon. Henry L. Dawks, the new United States Senator from Massachu setts, like thousands of others who have gained -wealth and fame, once edited an -unpretentious country newspaper. Senator Wright, of Iowa, has intro duced a bill in the Senate ordering a re duction in the salaries of all government employes who receive more than $1,200 a year, the President and Supreme Court Judges alone excepted. , Hkxky M. Sifirii, a well known Chicago journalist, onoe editor of the -Republican, and for some time manag ing editor of the Tribune, has taken charge of the Brooklyn Union. Smith is better known throughout the North west in connection with the famous "Jubilee" in the Rock Island depot, Chicago. A bill has been introduced in the XTnited States Senate by Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, to create a court having jurisdiction over all cases of contested elections, including President and "Vice President. The court is to consist for the time being of the Chief Justice and and Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court. ' A young man who has recently returned to Sioux City from the Black Hills re ports that the party to which he was attached found gold everywhere they prospected. He brought home several rich specimens of quartz, which good judges say will assay $1,000 to the ton. There are now about 300 white miners in the hills digging for the precious metaL Judge Neuron decided a very impor tant point in the Tilton-Beecher case the other day. The defense wanted to in troduce the Moul ton-Proctor nastiness, on the plea of showing the animus of Moul ton as a witness. The court ruled it all out, for which he deserves public thanks. The case in hand is sadly de moralizing ; but a repetition of the dis- crustinsr " side issue " mentioned -would fill the air with a most noisome stench. King Alfonso was scarcely seated on his glittering throne long enough to sur vey the field and take a glance at the sit uation before he started off to assume command of .the Spanish Army of the North. Of course the royal boy has very little practical knowledge of military affairs, and no experience whatever. He is not fit to maneuver a squadron, much less a corps, and if left to himself would probably lese his crown in the first pitched battle. " " LiEPiNE, the accomplice of Riel in the murder of Scott, at Fort Garry, has been saved from the gallows, a general am- J . lAati v"" oil vkAvfiaa concerned in the affair. He was to have been hanged on the 29th of January. Political influences, however, have served to save him, and at the same time remove the ban of outlawry from Riel, the crincioal in the affair. The amnesty will probably enable Riel to take his seat in the Dominion Parliament, to which he is elected. Mb. Boctwklx. has introduced in the United States Senate a bill designed to put a stop to the employment of lobby jTnt under the cruise of attorneys. It proposes to create a bar of both houses of donfiress. and provides that a committee of three" members of each be appointed, whose duty it - shall be to rintarmine what attorneys shall be allowed to argue coses before the committees. All persons besides these are to be rigidly excluded, and it is to be made a felony for others to appear in toenail oi inter ested parties. , ' Tbxbi are several men around these -parts who would have cut sorry figures old Roman days " the debtor, could be taken home by the 3 creditor ana .kept -n-rtnr dftvs. fettered with irons not ex ceeding fifteen pounds in weight ; at the end of which time if the debt remained unpaid, he could be brought before the people on three market days, on the last of which his body could be cut into -pieces according to the number of credi tors ; or, if they preferred, he could be sold into foreign slavery. " ; , Tins story telegraphed from New York nd London, to the effect that certain figures show that the earth is falling to ward the sun at a rate which -will bring them together in some 1,440 years, is pronounced, by those best" ble to judge, to be a hoa o the wore kind. Astronomers know, and can prove, hat what is known as the " mean distance' is almost exactly the same as it was at the date of the transit of Venus In 1769. They furthermore know, and can prove, that tha average distance of the. earth from the sun is greater now than it, was then, the orbit having swelled n slight ij, incraasing the minor axis,, while the major axis remains unchanged. Nervous people, therefore, may rest satisfied that -we are not neanng the son. The Tilton-Beecher trial at Brooklyn is still the sensation of the day. "Frank Moulton : has been 'put through as thorough, searching and sharp a cross examination as any witness was probably ever subjected to, and has maintained his story as told in his celebrated " state ments "' with an astonishing pertinacity. All attempts to worry or upset the wit ness, so that he might lose his self-pos session or contradict himself, failed com pletely. The Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, without any suggestions from railway managers, has given notice to some of the members of that order who spend their time between their runs in carousing and drinking, that they will bo expelled from the order. This new movement on the part of the Brotherhood is certainly a most com mendable one, and will be appreciated not only by the railway companies, but by the traveling public : Sleeping engineers must out. An association whose mem bers have the lives of the public in then hands has no use for such men. A Washington correspondent states that the Ways and Means Committee of the House are Beriously considering the propriety of reporting a law for the pur pose of breaking down the lobby. It is proposed to recognize attorneys before committees to urge legislation, these per sons to file a statement of retainers and contingent fees, and no sums except those set forth can be collected, jlf the Ways and Means or any other commit tee succeed in devising a law that "will break up the lobby, or seriously inter fere with their corrupt machinations, they will merit the eternal gratitude of the honest portion of the country. The Chicago Times prints a letter from Dr. Heise, chief physician of the Illinois Penitentiary, on the best modes of punishment for convicts. He pro nounces decidedlv against the barbarities practiced for so many years upon the convicts, holding that the application of the lash, the cold bath and the ringbolt are degrading in their tendency and do not assist in preserving order. They ex asperate the prisoner, while they do not subdue his rebellious spirit. Dr. Heise thinks that humanity should be combined with the rigid enforcement of order, and recommends as pnishment for infraction of discipline confinement in a solitary cell and a reduction in the diet of the re calcitrant convicts. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. Benton G. Boons, the new Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, is a grandson of Daniel Boone. The New Hampshire Democrats have nominated for Congress: First District, Frank Jones, of Portsmouth; Second, Samuel N. Bell, of Manchester; Third, Henry A Kent, of Lancaster. The West Virginia Legislature is vexed with the State capital question, as other Legislatures have been. It is said he United States Senatorship will be made the basis of a trade to bring the capital back to Wheeling. The -Florida - Legislature . has great trouble to organize. The Senate is a tie, and the Governor has refused to interfere and untie it. The House, after some days' balloting, elected Thomas Hannah (Democrat) Speaker, by a union of Dem ocrats and Conservative liepublicans. . In the persons of Jones and Sharon the State of Nevada is represented in the Senate by two of the wealthiest men in the United States. The reputed wealth of neither of them is less than $50,000, 000. No excuse for bribery or salary- grabbing on tneir part. ' Frank M. Cockreli, the successor of Schurz in the Senate from Missouri, was a Major General in the rebel army, having commanded the Missouri divis ion in Tennessee, and won his laurels in Hood s - luckless campaign against Nashville ; and " Old .Pap Thomas. Cockrell is a man of stalwart frame. standing six feet in his stockings, and possesses a commanding appearance. He is 47 years of age. His nomination is wholly the work of the Granger and Confederate elements. Hannibaii Hamt.tn began life as a print er, and very possibly in the training which he got at the type-ton t lies the secret of Ins success as a politician. He is now sixty years of age, and has been in public life -forty years, during which tune he has been a member .of the Maine Leg islature six years, in three of which he was Speaker of the House of Representa tives, member of the United States TTcmse of Rem-esentatives for four vears. Governor of Maine for a short time, Sen ator from - Maine sixteen years, Vice President of the United states tour years, and Collector of Customs for the port of Boston four years.. It is quite certain that his nomination for re-election to the United States Senate by the Republicans pf Maine will be confirmed by the votes of the Legislature now in session, thus extending his term of omce to nsjy. The lower house of the Forty-fourth Concxess will . consist of &l members. of whom all but 17 have already been chosen. The members yet to be elected are : 3 from Tsew Hampshire ; 4 from Connecticut ; 4 from California ; and 6 from Mississippi. Of the 275 members already returned. 168 are classed as Dem ocrats, 100 as Republicans, and 6 as Inde- E en dents ; and there is one vacancy caused y the death of Mr. Head, of Tennessee, since his election, whose place will be filled by a Democrat. As the list now stands, therefore, the Democrats have a majority of 63 over all. U The number of colored- men- in Congress does not in crease with great rapidity. Five only of all the Representatives so far chosen are nntrronn i Haralson, of Alabama ; Walls, of Florida ; Rainey and Smalls, of South Carolina ; and Hyman, of North Caro lina. Though 170 of them are new mem bers, the House will include a fair pro portion of men of experience, as 105 have seats in the presen j.un mrlhin rf the next (Democratic) House in rwnress is being sought by Southern men, and leading aspirants named are Thomas S. Bocock and Thomas Whitehead, of Virginia ; -francos ; is. mtnhar nt Wmtli Carolina : Dudley M. Tin T?nM- of Georgia : and David Clop- ton, of Alabama. All these have been members of the House. THE CATAMOUNT'S STORY. A Winter Tale-True, Every Word of It. The Fort : Wayne Sentinel has been interviewing a gentleman from Colorado in regard to the cold weather there, and the following incident by ." Lone Bill," the Colorado gentleman mentioned, , is the result : ; One night Scarred Pete, the biggest man and best euchre player in Helena, was beatin' all the boys at the game and gitting away with then stamps like light nin. It 'ud come up awful cold . that afternoon. Thar warn't no thermometer, and we couldn't tell how low she'd got, But tho' we'd a red-hot fire in the stove, and all sot round her, our breaths friz right up, and we had to knock off the icicles from our mouths every few . min utes. The handle on the ace of clubs cracked and fell off, and no one would tech a spade, cos 'twas so cold.. Well, Scarred Pete held two bowers an three kings. Long Jim had three 'aces, a queen and the "little joker." Scarred Pete put down his ritrht. Long Jim followed with his ' joker." Scarred Pete took an ace with the left. Long Jim gobbled up two of his kings with two aces. Pete swore no man ever before'd played it so low" on him and he'd be eternally caterwauled if ' Jim hadn't stocked the Keerds. Then there was just the prettiest little row y'ever sawn. Pete got Jim down, and afore a minute their breaths had friz tighter n a vice. The boys eaw it was all up with both on 'em if they weren't got free. You see there wasn't no water nor nothing to thaw 'en out'n that, so they pulled Jim and Pete longside the stuv. Twan t no use. They friz so tight that hot pitch wouldn't melt 'em. We had to let em lie thar all that night. You see everything was friz up ; no axe nor nothin' to chop the ice off. Next day they stayed thar, an' next night. Yes, stranger, for three days and nignts Jim and fete were friz together. They stuck closer'n brothers, now you may bet your bottom dollar. The fourth day it began to grow a little warmer, and by night the weather was tol'able. We all sot ronn' playin' keerds, an' me an' Ugly bam had lust begun to get in some big licks me'n Sam was pards, you know. . All of a snddink like, we heard an aw ful crash. I looked round, an' condemn my picter ef them two 'Yahoos on the floor hadn't thawed out. Yes, sir, and thar they were a "chwvin and punchin and gongin" just where they'd left off afore they'd friz together. By that time we'd all warmed up to it," and there was a neat little fuss. Well, stranger, an I'm a tell in' von fax, knives was used pm-ty lively. But durn'd ef 'twasn't so cold no one could draw blood. After an hour or so the fun let up. Jim and Pete got onto their- feet, loo kin' as fresh as roses. Hadn't made no more impression on themselves than a tlea buttin' 'gainst a barndoor. Well, that party broke up ! "bout morning. We didn't think anv- thing of it till a day or two after. Then she began to thaw, an stranger, there was the a wf nil est time you ever heerd on. Them as cot cut in the little mus3 in the store begun to bleed like stuck hogs. Fact I bled more'n a gallon, an' thought I'd have to hand in. my checks. But all but one feller got fixed up and did pretty well. Scarred Pete and Long Jim was purty well tuckered out though. You see when she got warm, why we began to sort o thaw out, and the jabs and cuts we got that night began to tell on us, and the bigger the cut the more we bled. Now, stranger, that was only one of the effects of that little cold snap, 'twasn't nothing to what happened afterward t I Here Lone Bill began to move uneasily about. Noticing that we watched him rather curiously, he remarked: ''You see, soon as I git a trifle warm I feel un easy like and smart, an' have to light out into the air. This climate don't i suit 'zactly, an' I'm goin' to strike for old Montany again. I cum down hyar in Injiany to see 'bout some people, i sort of relatives likey I tried to get 'em to get out o' this, pull up stakes and go whar a man can breath easy." i Saying this, Lone Bill spat with amaz ing accuracy at a nail head on the wall, and, wiping his mouth with the coat-tail of his linen duster, turned his melan choly face and No. 14 boots toward the door. Halting with his brawny hand on the door knob, he hesitatingly said : "If you should prent anything I've sed, an ef you've got room, just say that Lone Bill will swar to anything he s said. At home I'm sometimes known as the 'cata mount.' and no man don't call me a liar twic't." We hastened to assure him that we supposed him to be truth embodied, and that any man who could dispute his word was no better than he should be, and a horse-thief into the bargain. AS ARKANSAS COURT SCENE. How the Harrises and Racks Met at a Jus tice's Court and Adjusted their Little Diffi culty. ' The two Harrises and Charles and Alvis Buck are all dead. The first two . were killed on the spot, the latter died at the house of C. Shepard, some three miles from the landing, on the same night, and the other the next day. A negro who was near the scene of the conflict received a few shot in the face, but aside from this no one was hurt except the four dead men above named, though several had miracu lous escapes. - Last Monday Charles Buck met the Harrises in the road and struck one in the face, felling him to the earth. ; The other leveled a pistol on Buck, but spared his life. The Harrises were both young men, recently from Illinois, one being about 19 years of age, and the other three ci four years older, while the Bucks wei' all full grown men, ranging between 2" and 35 years. The day subsequent to; h road altercation, the Harrises swore outa peace warrant against Charles and Alvis Buck, and the parties, - with a dozen or more of their respective friends, met at the store of Justice William Smith, in answer to the summons.' It was near noon Tuesday when the ball was opened by Uharies Huck Jfchocfcina: a liarria down, jumping on and beating him badly. His brother flourished a gun threateningly. calling out for no interference, when, it is asserted, it went off by accident, shooting away the entire rear portion of the other Harris' head, brains and all, the latter being scattered in every: direction. An other statement is that the shot was not accidental, but was fired at Justice Smith. who caught and turned the gun muzzle in time to save himself, but to Jut Harris. At all events the row then became ceneraL and one of. the Bucks killed the other Hams, shooting him through the body. and later going up and firing three more shots tnrougn his head and heart. . During the row some one shot one of the Bucks throughtite"wmdow, the charge carrying his lowjaw entirely away, so that it hung down his breast. In spite of the fact that both he and his brother were riddled with bullets, they mounted horses and rode to Shepard's, where one died the same night and the other the next day. ' These are about all of the details so far as known, except that Hale Buck is slowly recover ing from the effects of his wound, re ceived some weeks ago. Memphis Ava lanche. ".'.-. " - ; " Forests as a Protection Against Drought. Some may asic, why are forests neces sary ? Is not aby portion left in forest so much unproductive capital? And does not a wise economy demand that these unproductive forests should be cleared up as soon as the owner can command the means, and the whole- country be made productive ? These are important questions, and should receive - answers. If trees are of no service in the economy of nature except to furnish fuel and tim ber, then any surplus beyond these wants is a useless drawback on the productive ness of any country. " Cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground V But there are other reasons why forests should be Bpared, and one is their con trol over extreme fluctuations in the rain fall of any region. The researches of modern science, accurate and careful ob servation, as well as the history of the past, show that a country abounding in forests is more moist, has a more copious and equable rain-fall, abounds more in springs and streams, and, as a conse quence of all these, is more exempt from great and sudden fluctuations in temper ature, from late frosts in spring and early frosts in the falL . Thus Egypt, from the earliest periods of history, has been spoken of as a rain less region ; but since Mahomet Ali has made his immense plantations of trees, showers have become frequent. ' The controlling influence of forests over rain-falls, is also shown by the fact that countries once supplied with forests, and having . abundant rains and immunity from frost, their forests having been de stroyed, have been scourged by drought and frost till the forests were restored, when they onoe more fruitful ; or, if the inhabitants would not restore their pro tecting forests, the stern hand of famine threatened to wipe out a race that would not reverence the order of nature. Thus the Cape de Verde Islands, so named from their greenness, have been stripped of their forests by their improvi dent inhabitants, since which time they suffer terribly from periodical droughts, sometimes no rain falling for three years at a time, and 30,000 inhabitants, or one third of the population, have perished. Thus famine cuts down the inhabitants as pitilessly as they cut down the pro tecting trees. It. has been proposed to replant the foreste, yet such is the igno rance and indolence of the inhabitants, that little has been done toward restora tion, and it is probable that the entire race may be cutififf, to be replaced by those who have earned that the " tree of the field is man's life." Prof. It. C. Kedzic. I Health Hints. Cube fob Chilblains. Some one says chilblains and frosted feet may be cured by pouring kerosene oil on the stockings when on the feet, and repeating it when the stockings are changed. Another ex cellent remedy is to bathe the feet in water in which potatoes have been boiled. Diakehea. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman presents the follow ing remedy for diarrhea, which he never knew to fail in the past twenty-nve years of its use in his family: It is simply a dose of laudanum and oil, a tablespoonful of castor oil with twenty drops of lauda num in it. The laudanum acts as an astringent, and the oil heals and carries off the effects of the disease. Cube fob Croup.- When the symp toms appear, immediately fold a towel, dip it in cold water and apply it to the child's breast and throat ; then ' wrap a blanket closely around him. Or, bathe the feet well in warm water, at the same time rubbing the throat and breast with mutton tallow or goose grease ; then en velop in a warm blanket. Either of these modes will check the disease till the arrival of a physician, and in many cases win ox memseives enecx a cure. How to Cube a Soke Thboat. " One who has tried it " communicates the fol lowing seasonable item about curing sore 1 1 i a at -vr l w r I .1 T 1 uuuaw u uit) ixew x oris, neraia: xjul each one of your half million readers buy at any drug store one ounoe of camphor ated oil and five cents' worth of chlorate of potash. Whenever any soreness ap pears in the throat put the potash in half a tumbler of water, and with it gargle the throat thoroughly, then rub. the neck thoroughly with the camphorated oil at night before going to bed, and also pin around the throat a small strip of woolen flannel. This is a simple, cheap and sure remedy. Mural JSew Yorker. Sharp Boys. The Hamsburg (Penn.) Telegraph says : " The small boy (or a number of him) of Ridge avenue has been in the habit of coasting down Herr street, from the Ridge to Pennsylvania avenue. The residents of Herr street didn't like that it made the street too icv and slirmerv. and so they threatened the boys with an imacinarv ordinanna frvrhirMiTicr vault ing ; but the boys had 'em by saying tney.used tne middle of the street to de their coasting, and they defied the old 'uns. Then a policeman was stationed to stop them on the crossing : but he was in so much danger of having his legs KnocKed from under him, and he was compelled to keep so continual a dodg ing, that he gave it up in disgust. Then a man with a brilliant idea spread coal ashes in the middle of the street, but the small ' boys, had him where they wanted : they threatened him with prosecution for j i - . - . n .... . uirowing asues m tne middle oi the street, and the man had to go and sweep the ashes up and carry them awav. Then a policeman was stationed at the bottom of the hill to arrest the small boys as they came down, but they eluded him- and tormented him so that he used stronh language and the boys hod birn they promised to report him for using profane language, and he thought it best not to linger about the vicinity. XJoy like, as soon as the excitement of opposi tion was gone they quit coasting." Snow. Snow is a good fertilizer, because it is a oad conductor of heat, ' and in preserv ing plants from the cold renders the ac tion of the manure contained in the soil more powerful. But this is not alL Dr. Poncheur, a French chemist, has ob served that the purest snow always left a l"!-.T, ,-.3 n. . , li- -, found it contained particles which have been held in suspension in the air. and the first fall of snow contains the greatest number of these,1; which, collecting around plants, form an almost invisible but -;yery -fruitful manure. ' This soil which is brought from the air by the snow is not as invisible as one might sup pose. ; Every one knows that a body of snow, -, however pure, becomes black when it has melted." But this does not arise from the v mud' or ' dust on the ground, " but comes from the atmos phere. This can be proved by putting a lump of new fallen enow under a glass bell; it will appear as soon' as it com mences to melt, : and on examining this pile of particles with the microscope they are found to be of every conceivable variety.'i To form an idea of the quantity of these atmospheric sweepings, look at the particles in a sunbeam and then com pute how many a shower - of snow can bring down. . This .also explains why a layer of earth can so quickly collect on a bare rock. - -; :;r. . - . : ' - Beecher on Phrenology. I do not suppose that phrenology is a perfect system of mental philosophy. It hits here and there. , It needs revising, as in its present shape it is crude ; but, nevertheless, , when it becomes necessary to talk to people about themselves, I know of no other nomenclature which so nearly expresses what , we need, and, which is so facile in its use as phrenology. Nothing can give you such a formulated an alysis of mind as that can. I see a man with a small brow and bigJ u loio luwcr part ox ins xieau, ujlo a uuu, and I know that that man is not likely to be a saint. AH the reasoning in the world would not convince me of the con trary, but I would say of such a man, that he has very intense ideas, and will bellow and push like a bull of Bashan. Now, practically, do you suppose I would commence to treat with such a man by flaunting a rag in his face ? My first in stinct in regard to . him is, what a man would have if he found himself in a field with a wild bull, which would be to put himself on good manners, and use means of conciliation, if possible. On the other hand, if I see a man whose forehead is very high and large, but who is very thin in the back of the head, and with a very small neck and trunk, I say to myself, that is a man, probably, whose friends are always talk ing about how much there is in hml but who never does anything. - lie is a man who has great organs, , but nothing to drive them with. ,, He is like a splendid locomotive without a boiler. Again, you will see a man with a little bullet-head, having accomplished more than that big-headed man, who ought to be a strong giant and a great genius. The bullet-headed man has outstripped the broad-browed man in everything he undertook ; and people say, " Where is your phrenology In reply, X say, "Look at that bullet-headed man, and see what he has to drive his bullet-head with ! " His stomach gives evidence that he has natural forces to carry forward his purposes. Then look at the big-headed man. He can't make a spoonful of blood in twenty-four hours, and what he does make is poor and thin. Phrenology classifies the brain regions well enough, but you must understand its relations to physiology, and the dependence of brain- work upon the quantity and quality of blood that the man's body makes. You may ask, "What is the use of knowing these things ? " - All the use in the world. If a person comes to me with dark, coarse hair, I know he is tough and enduring, and I know, if it is necessary, that I can hit him a rap to arouse bim ; but if I see a person who has fine, silky hair, and a light complexion, I know that he is of an excitable temperament, and must be dealt with soothingly. Again, if I see one with a large, ' blue, watery eye, and its accompanying complexion, I say to myself that all Mount Sinai could not wake that man up. I have seen men of that stamp, whom you could no more stimulate to action than you could a lump of dough by blowing the resurrection trump over it. Men are like open books, if looked at properly. You must know what men are in oruer to reacn inem, and that is a part of the science of preaching. If there is any profession in the world that can af ford to be without this practical knowl edge of human nature, it certainly is not the profession of a preacher. Bailroad'Balldlng in 1874. The New York Railroad Gazette cal culates from its very complete informa tion upon the subject that the total num ber of miles of railroad constructed dur ing the year 1874 was 1,923 a less amount than for any previous year siaoe 1866, as will be shown by the following comparative table, giving the number of miles of railroad constructed yearly dur ing tne last ten years : Kilt. 18S ............1,177 Miln. 1870 6.625 186 1,742 1871 ,7,22a 1SG7 1858 2,449 1872 ,j. . . . . . .7,340 2,979 1873.. 3.883 1869.. . ... 4,953 1874 .. 1,923 The total number of miles of railroad in the United States at the end of 1873, according to Poor's Railway Manual. was 70,651. According to this the total at the beginning of the present year is 72,576, showing an increase during the year of 2 J per cent., which is fully equal to the present average yearly increase in population. The following table shows the total number of miles of railroad constructed in each State and Territory in 1874, com pared with the figures for 1873 : 1874. 1873. 18 2 18 247 11SJ4- 85 23 121 .. 29 1 21 7 18 122 212 274K 206 84 34 93 61 S S 84 97 V i i 117J, 48 198 36 48 27 t 31 ' 236X 41 40 18 . 4 - 60 . 39 40 135 I 242 68 - 15 142 172 184 , 203 14 - ' 22 . .. 88 ( U4 75 . . . 385 43 85 -a m ' 72 V ; 86 S 60 86 : 96 , 320 Alabama .... Arkansas.. ........ .......... California Colorado............ Connecticut...... ........... Delaware,. Dakota District of Columbia Florida.......... Georgia , Illinois Indiana........... , Iowa Kansas Kentucky.................... Maine..... Maryland. Massachusetts....... Michigan............. Minn eaota.,... ........ .... Mississippi Missouri. .............. .... . Nebraska. Nevada New Hampshire. ............ New Jersey.... New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania.... , Bhode Island Kouth Carolina. ..... ........ Tennessee...... ............ Texas. Utah Vermont.... ........ ......a Virginia Washington Territory.. ...... West Virginia . . , Wisconsin. ......... . ........ Total. 1,923 3,883 Causes ef Insanity. About 50 per cent, of the idiots of large towns in (janada are the children of drunkards, while a : long catalogue - of other diseases is given as especially com mon with the' same unfortunate class, and the strong tendency to drunkenness on the part of drunkards' children is also notorious. The marriage of first cousins is spoken of as an especially fruitful cause of insanity and idiocy, and the practice on this account strongly con demned. The principal causes of insani ty . are hereditary predisposition ; - bad education ; immorality ; tobacco j opium ; drunkenness ; convnlsive diseases ; con sanguinity ; and incompatible unions. The taint from the mother is far more frequent and dangerous than from the father. . ; While the neglect of education or leaving children to the education of the street no doubt in a good many cases induces insanity, the forcing system of teaching pursued by many parents and teachers in trying to make children prodigies produces far more. f Says the New 'York correspondent of the Worcester Spy: "The Wallacks have always been' rather celebrated for bounce, and sometimes fcnr it on the wrong people, ; Henry WaBack -once, boasting of the histdry'of his family, told William Warren that the province of Wallachia was named for them. 4 Cer tainly, said Warren, 'just as Moldavia was named for Mary Davis.'". ; THE LITTLE PEOPLE. .. The Three Little Chairs. They ut slona by tbe bright wood flrv The gray-haired darha sad. the aged sire, Dreaming of days gone by ; i Theyjboth had thoughts that they oouty not speak. As each heart uttered a sigh. j For their sad and tearful eyes descried Three little chairs, placed side by side! Ag"ln" itiJg-room wall : . ii . Old-iaiihioned enough, as there they stood, Their seats of nub. and their frames of wood, w ltu their backs so straight and tall. ' : Then the sire shook his sUrery head, ' And with trembling voice he gently said ' Mother, those empty chairs I T?7. brmS such sad, sad thoughts, to-night, well put them forever out of sight. In the small, dark room, up stairs." , But she answered, " Father, no, not yet For I look at them, and I forget , That the children went away ; ! The boyi come back, and our Mary, too, : With her apron on of checkered blue. And sit here every day. ' So let them stand there, though empty now, And every time when alone we bow At the Father's throne to pray, ! Well ask to meet the children above, .1 In our Savior's home of rest and love, : , , Where no child goeth away." , Chased by Wolves. A TRUE STOBZ FOB BOYS. It was late in the afternoon. Having nothing else on hand wherewith to busy our attention, we were strolling - about one of the smaller towns in Germany, in search of adventure or amusement, we did not care which. ; - s - Our guide, or rather handy-fellow, as the Germans say, was the keeper of the inn which, to tell the plain truth, was not much larger than himself a good natured, genial old man, and very " fond of relating stories. He had already dur ing nr two days' stay in the place told a numoer oi these stories ; and we, his listeners, had about arrived at the con clusion that he had wholly exhausted his stock in trade. In this opinion, how ever, we were quite mistaken, as you, the reader, shall presently know. we had come to the town hall and were loitering in quest of a drink of water, when Herr GabeL or Mr. Gabel, if you choose, nudging my elbow, said : " do you see that 'man walking up the street yonder V Well let us move on shall I tell a story about bim " . i : , " What, another story f And you have already told us half a dozen." " lou will like it." "Goon, then." " He is a Russian, and for manv vears lived in Livonia, a province which once belonged to Poland. You will find it laid down on a recent map as the province of Riga." i " Never mind tell us the story." "The man's name is Sholto, and 111 repeat the story just as I've heard him tell it to us a hundred times, i My friend shook out the ashes from his long porcelain pipe, placed it away in his pocket, and began very nearly as fol lows : . l... ' - One evening Sholto was returning from market, whither he went over a distance of twelve miles twice a week ; with his horse and sledge. The road which led to his house was a long, winding one, and on either side the snow lay fresh and deep. The road itself was, of course, snow-covered,' but the wind sweeping down from the valley had carried much of the snow away, so that it had the ap pearance of a path channeled through a heavy drift. Night was coming on, and Sholto knew full well that his homeward journey was not wholly a safe one. Although much fatigued he did -not allow himself to sleep, but rather kept a close ; watch on all sides. His sole weapon of defense in case of danger was a hatchet, which he always carried with him whithersoever he went. The horse was making good speed, and the sledge was fast leaving distance be hind it, when Sholto, looking back, saw two dark, hideous animals swiftly pursu ing him. . And soon one of them almost touched the sledge, and its hot,' steaming breath rose up ' into Sholto's face. Al though the effort to slay the aniTrml might have been successful he chose not to attempt it. He knew that it was the horse that was wanted, and that every thing depended on the latter s courage and swiftness. If he could only keep the horse in the track and prevent it from bounding off in the snow-drift he was sure that he could ward off all dan ger. So, in order to preserve the cour age of his steed, Sholto leaned forward and caressed him with word and hand. It was a terrible .moment as Sholto kept his hand on the horse and his eye on the ferocious wolves who were menac ing his night. The number of the latter had increased, and one of them, younger, larger, and longer-limbed than the others, managed to keep pace with the sledge. Sholto raised his hatchet to strike, but the wolf, dodging the blow, turned aside. maintained its footing, and ran alongside of the horse. The latter espying his bloodthirsty pursuer, groaned m despair, and, as if impelled by sudden terror, gave a leap forward and outdistanced the wolf. By degrees the wolf fell back to the sledgfe. Sholto raised his hatchet again, but the animal dodged, stumbled, and was left some yards behind. Meanwhile the other wolves! were giv ing hot chase. Sholto realized for the first time the awful predicament that he was in, and prepared to defend himself with a life struggle, if need be. He be gan to think of home and of the dear young wife who was there awaiting his return. A thousand thoughts crept into ma mma ana pourea. over rxus Dram wiux the scorching heat of a stream of lava. He could not say diet He could not surrender without a contest his hopes, his life, his alL Something cheered him on and bade him to be bold. While thus meditating, an unlooked- for occurrence brought him to his senses. His horse, frightened by the sharp claws of one of the wolves, dashed forward in such a manner that the sledge became entangled - in the stump of an old tree which loomed above the surface of the snow. A collapse was the ' result ; the norse went off at a tearing speed, and Sholto was left to the mercy of the wolves!, - t In lees than a second of time one of them "was upon him. He felt a heavy claw tearing the front of his sheep-elan coat; he felt the blood slowly oozing down from a fresh wound. Made .des perate, but not in despair, he grappled with his assailant. Thinner the encounter his weapon was jerked from him, and he-j naa now only a pair of strong and sturdy hands as a means of defence. - Whilst wrestling with the wolf his eye wandered off in the distance, and in the thickening shadows of -the night he descried the flickering name of a candle which shone through the cottage window. He imag ined, also that he saw his wife peering out at him and calling in a sad voice, "Sholto, where are you f" - s As to himself, it was a sorrowful mo ment. TTia strong -hands played their part well, and as soon as he had wrestled with and strangled one of his assailants he was forced to face another in a similar manner. He - did not know how many there were, and in truth he had not the time to count them. Only, whilst de fending himself , against his - foes, he thought of his poor horse, and won del ing whether it had reached home safely, or was now lying a victim to the thirsty demons. ;--- .- - :-f. The snow beneath his feet was red with blood, and the shifting scene in tha pale moonlight was terrible to . be hold. In a luckless moment Sholto was overpowered and fell heavily to tha ground. What would he not give to have his sharp hatchet in hand ? ' The warm breath of the hungry assail ants almost burned his face. Now ha felt one of them tearing at his throat; a moment more and the game would bo up ! ; '; " . ' . But no I God helps those who help themselves, and it matters but little what the nature of the struggle maybe. On as sudden Sholto heard a loud noise u other, and then a new-comer, bree thine hard and maddened with courage, runnel in upon the soene, and with finity thru ness fixed sharp teeth in the neck of wolf that had overpowered Sholto. Yes, it was Arno, the faithful dog, which, noticing the return of the horse) without its master, and as if scenting the danger, had gone forth on a mission of rescue. Sholto, thus assisted, arose to" his feet, while the wolf and the dog were contending furiously for the mastery. Next Sholto saw something which lay glittering in the snow. He hurriecl toward it and recovered the weapon, which had been wrested from him, and again threw himself into the contest. Although his clothing was soaked -in blood and his strength was quite ex hausted, he lacked not courage. - With a sturdy blow he despatched oca wolf, whereupon, a companion, mangled and bleeding, slyly betook himself ofld The largest and strongest was still grap pling with Arno. - It was no easy task to rid the noble dog of his antagonist. - To be sure, Sholto continued to deal heavy blows over the wolf's back and iegs, and thus managed to disable him by degrees. But the position of the dog who lay di rectly under his antagonist prevented Sholto from taking the aim that he would have liked. . At length Arno was put to terrible agony, and, stretching out his legs and unloosing his hold, suffered his head to fall backward. . ; .-- The moment was rioe. The hatchet was raised, and, with all possible force. was buried deep in the wolf's sxuli. Without a groan, the animal rolled ' over in the snow. This was the last of tha contest. The thought that he was saved fairly overcame Sholto ; and ha was on the point of lying down to rest when the fate of his poor; dog flashed into his mind. The moon had gone behind a cloud, and darkness enshrouded the soene. Sholto groped about and found Arno panting and gasping for breath. . Per haps he had received a mortal wound. But no, that was impossible, for a dog so true and noble could not die. . He bent over him and raised his head. He ca ressed him tenderly, and paused when a soft hand rested on his shoulder. A fa miliar voice sounded in his ear. , Whose was it ? Ah, Sholto could not mistake the voice of his wife so easily. for she it was who had braved the terrors of the night in search of him. You know the rest. The candle guided them home ward, and there in that lowly cottage. Sholto thanked God for his narrow es cape, and for having bestowed upon him a wife so brave and loving and a dog so noble and true. . A good story, Herr Gabel, only a little romantic." - "Ah, sir, if you do not believe it, go and ask Sholto. Even the dog Arno, whom you just saw lagging behind his master s heels, will wag his tail in a rare fashion when questioned about the affair. The event took place five years since. After a while Sholto wearied of living in a country exposed to so many dangers, and moved himself and family down here. We think, however, he will return to Xa vonia some day, for he doesnt quite fancy our ways of living. Such is the story. And now, my friends, lets go over to the gulley yonder, and 111 tell you an other. " Hearth and Home. Queen Dido la Dead V ' "Is she? How did she die?" Cousin Mary heard these words as she entered the parlor, and saw four little heads nodding, eight hands fanning, and as many little feet kicking out in a man ner quite terrible to behold. She said in her mind, " Have they fits or what is the matter with them?" Barbara, the eldest of all, cried, "Oh, Cousin Mary, we are , playing 'Queen Dido is dead.' We are glad you are here to tell us if there ever was really a Queen Dido. Where did she live, and how did she die? Do, please, tell us all about her." .v Cousin Mary laughed ; then said, " Dido is supposed to be the daughter of the King of Tyre, and on the death of this Prince she married his brother her own uncle." Married her own uncle 1 Wasn't thai dreadfully wicked?", interrupted Bar bara, .r .... " Dreadfully, but so the story goes. This uncle had immense wealth, and one of his nephews envied him his riches and caused him to be killed ; then Dido made preparations to leave the country. "In company with a few Syrian nobles she sailed away, landing first at Cyprus, in the Mediterruiean Sea. "Dido carried off from Cyprus, eighty young women to furnish wives for the settlers in the colony which they intend ed to found. 'She finally landed on the northern coast of Africa, where she purchased of the natives as much soil as she could cover with the hide of a bull. " She cut the hide into such thin strips that she inclosed a large tract of land, on. which she began to build a city, which was named Carthage. " The neighboring chiefs looked at the growth of this new town with jealousy, and one of them sent to demand that Dido should marry him. At first she de clined the honor, but her people begged of her not to let war be brought r posa them, so she asked for three month' time to consider the matter and to make preparations. . 'Vi f- ! r.-. 'At the end of the time she caused a splended funeral pyre to be erected in the city. Ascending it, she stabbed her self with a sword in the presence of all her people. J-;.'?;-':;:.!--: "Now that is the way she died." , ; Mythology is not careful about dates and if my young reader asks whan ali thim happened we can only say that ,yirgil the greatest of Letin poets, wrote an ac count of Dido eight hundred years be fore Christ, and the story has come down to us through many hundred years. , The Signature. To the Editor of the New Tor Bvaatog lost: In looking over an old borJi oontain much curious A taforrxiatlon; I find the following about the custosra c substitatmg a cross (X) for a slgmHxo: "Because Withered, King of Keat, f;r t adopted the sign of the mem for JLi mark to his grants, he being iap!be to write his name, the majority of Barons who signed Magna Chart made their marks, being igaorant of the science c wriung. '