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Eugene City Guard. CAMPIIKI.L HROTIiEllH PUBLISIIKKS. 8ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1880 England's Vulnerability. it Imn often lieen asked by protec tionists what England would do if alio found horsclf t war with another mari time power. to long as America is able and willing to send ns an ranch corn as we want, it matters hoijuiik w Ul wu" mi mar whether or not it pays tho Eng' lish farmor to grow corn. If it docs not that 1 only a reason that lio should grow somothing else instead. If the American producer can undorsoll him in wheat or In boof, ho may in his turn undersoil him in vegetable or in dairy produce But in the crcnt of England being at war this cloerful way of looking at tlie que tinn would nlainlv be out of place. A whole population cannot Ikj fed on early vegetable or egg fresh from the nest. Tho quartern loaf in tho only thing that can do the work on a sufficiently large scale, and the quartern loaf is no longor in lie had within tho four Bens. It is niiuln for the most part of American wheat, and that wheat must bo brought to this conntry, before it can be turnod into broad. It ia uhcIoss to talk about breaking op pastures and laying down land in wheat once more. That we might nerve our turn if wo wore still in tue days whon the next longest thing to a war was the preparations maun iar wip ing it. But, if England were engaged in a conflict, conducted on tno iniesi wou ld, the whole businoss-prcliminarios, fighting and negotions for poaeo might bo over iu less than a year in less, that is to say, than tho interval between ono harvest and anothor. Whore would the food of the nation come during that timoT Whero, for example, would it have eomo from if we had found our solves at war with a grout power lust an tnmn? Wo must either have drawn our supplies from tho same quarters which are violdimr them now, or havo gono without them altogether. One look at the figures which toll of tho weekly im- t of wheat from tho United Btutes and i that "visible supply" which is to fur nish the imports lor future weeks, is t . - i - it - i..:- win. enoilgll to muse HUB piiuii. unit una source of food closed against thorn, the groat majority of Englishmen must he starved. The moment tho war has brok en out, its adversary, if he cnmmundod any naval strength whatovt'r, would havo devoted tho wholo of it to closing this supply against uh. In no possible way could he havo served his own ends so well, or oouipassctf our dofeut so easily. Hupposing him to havo succeeded, thero would havo boon nothing for it but to suo for peace. If onco tho government had boon confronted by tho alternative of snb mission or famine, no amount of rosolu lution would have availed them anything. They might havo been willing to chooso famine in their own persons, but they would speedily have been set asido for a Cabinet cast in a less heroic mold. No doubt wo have a large, and very contly navy afloat; that is not doniud. But largo as it is and costly as it is, is itlarge enough to auswor all the purposes which in case of need it would have to answer? It mnstbe romemberod that if England wore at war with a maratimo power perhaps with two maratimo powors at onee sho would not be in a positiou to send her wholo navy to protect her com merce with food-producing countries, Her ships would constituto an indispen aiblo olemont in her offensive strength, while, as regards both in her own shores and that of her colouies, they would also oonstituto an indispensibleoloiuont in her defensive strength. With one consider able fleet engaged in bombarding an en emy's porta, and another busy in protect ing our own coasts against oven the pos sibility of an invasion, and a third cruis ing iu Indian or colonial waters, how many ships could bo spared for tho yet more essential work of convoying grain ships from America ? It may bo answer od that this, as being tho most essontial of all the functions which the fleet would havo to discharge, would bo, so to say, a first charge on our naval resources. Then which of the other throo is to bo neg lected 1 Are we to forego what might oouooivably bo tho only moans open to us of crippling our adversary, or to leave our own ooast unprotected ? Or, if either of these duties are neglected, which of tho colonies is it that is to be left a prey to tho sudden descent of some daring oommandorT What is needed, if tho food supply of tho country is to bo really secure in time of war, iu a navy strong enough to spare all tho ships that aro wanted for the protection of the grain , ship without unduly weakening anyone of the throo fleet that will have each its work marked out for it. Can this, or anything like this, bo said of tho hug lish navy in 1HH0? A Page op thk IVak'h Diary. The San Francisco A'rwt lrtttt publishes tho following: (lot up at 7 A. M. and ordered my bath. Found four gallous of vitriol in it, and did not take it. Went to breakfast. The Nihilists had placed two torjiedoei on tho stairs, but a did not step on theut. The coffee smelt so at -onglr of pripsio acid that I was afraid to drink it. 1 found a scorpion in my lult alipjwr, but fortunately shook it out lM'fore putting it on. Just before step ping into my carriage to go to my morn ing drive it was blown itito the air, killing the coachman and tho homes id stautly. I did not drive. Took a light light lunch ofT hermetically healed American calmed goods. They can't fool nie thero. Found a jioisouod dagger in my favorite chair, with the point stil ling out. lid not sit down on it. Had dinner at 0 p. M , and mode lUrou Laisohotinowonski taste every dish, lie died bofor the soup wss cleared away. Consumed some Baltimore oysters and some Iomlon stout that 1 have had locked up for five year. Went to the theater and was shut at time times in the first act Had the eutire audience hanged. Went home to bed, and slept all night on the roof of the alaoe. A Texas actress wears a revolver and bowie-knife in her belt Nice arms, those, to have around her ait "One touch of Nature." (Oeorgs h promised Lis Ethel the find, shot f r luck. A covey risea ) Ethel (at ths critical momeatj "Oh.Oeorge! Perhaps they, too, havo loved." TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. Death ot Cjrraw F. Hawly. Mh-waukm, February, 17.-Cyrus F Ilawley, who ahot himself last Hunday died this morning. He was a man oi considerable prominence In scientific cir cles and wss a correspondent member ol several European societies. Lava's Labor Loal. n i;.,v.riiarv 17 It lias been lllllAuo, - . . . learned that tho Sergeant Nolan about whom congress lately nau eunmuiiB debato, as to whether he should be raised to the ran or lieutenant aim i f sioned for life on account of aery ice t .1 t,m K!rv vonrM was killed II IIIO Prill t iui J-"' - , , the Tbornburg fight, and the debate was love 8 lSDOr lost. A case uan aiou .vuro iv ii fn,irSnai f man who has been In the service 50 years, and his ineuds claim proper consideration iur mm. m .m lumi Wanted la Teiaa. 1 7. A colored state convention to oppose the exodus of colored people from Texas and to divert the emigration movement, if possible, to the nortnwesiern pan oi m miv," i.i,i o iiiiui vnnterdav. Delegates from UlllU ' ' " , ..ii ...., nt tlia tntn were nresent. in- eluding many inuueuuui yviovun vi w . 1 1 i : . i . . n r .i.a negro race, and deep Interest was ma il' o..ui n.l Unuaru I whitpH Hnokft. HcsolU tions were adopted approving emigration from the states east of the Mississippi river; denying the necessity of emigration from Texas; snowing me buvuhwkuo fered by the state to those socking new i. nn.l Invitina pnlnred breth- iiuiui;d, mm ren to turn towards Texas instead of tho more northerly states. Tha Tnu Colorrd Convention. Dallas. February, 17. In tho colored tn-dav several additional counties were represented. The conven tion received and consiuereu rcpnj P.nm Ilia nnmm iitnn on constitution and bv-lsws which forms the convention into the Texas farmers Ammwuuu, uujcn, tKs r.ifimnrv ftf u nlnnv in Pan Handle: cupitul stock, 100,000 shares, at SU) each. A committee was appointed to visit 1 an Handle anu seieci muu iur tun wi. Nor(hwelrn Hallroad Companlei. TrnKiMinna ivnM liirvH In trank lines. Alttlinl..iwiD O ' especially in Lake Shore, which rose to 10(! and cioseu at i'. lucre io oumo talk about the consolidation of tho St. (Mivnnil North Wiscon sin roads, and then again it is said tliut the Chicago and Northwestorn Conipuny is trying to obUin a controlling interest In somo or those roaus. r.xacuy now mo ...h. nlll turn nut nobodv seems to know, but there is no doubt that impor tant railroad movements are ou iouw m tho northwest. The estimated earnings or the union I....iil,. rr.a,l fn .Tuiinarv hIiow a CHI II of $108,000, and for the first thirteen days an increase of $02,000. The Texas Paclflc. L'.... WmiTii To vim Fnlirnnrv. !!(. A letter to-day of the Texas Pacific Kuilway 100 miles west of Fort Worth was con tracted to different parties, csrs to be run nine over it bv Almost Int. A huge number of contnitors were present, and the prices satisfactory, and a great many outfits are already on tho ground. Another letting of arty miles is to be held March 1st. The Ticket War. CuiiAoo. February. 19. The roads loadinirto Missouri river points to-day signed an agreement withdrawing, for redemption, tickets from all otliccs ex cent ri'iriilur ticket ofllccs alonir the lines of their respective roads: also allowing a commission of$l from Cliicau'o to Missouri river uoints and to Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. This agreement takes effect to-morrow and ends what thruutened to be a serious war. Finding nil Caw. "Uaiitfoko, Connecticut, February. 19. Reverend Herbort II. llayden, now on bail awaiting further proceedings on a charge of murder lectured this evening. Ho wants to raise money to defray the cost of his defense. His lecture was at tended bv a small audience, owing to a storm. Havdon was introduced by ono of his counsel, Mr. Jones. His subject was Circumstantial hvldenco." An lucldeut. Nsw OnLKANS. February. 10. During a session of tho house yesierday Speaker Ogden's pistol lull from his pocket, caus ing it to discharge. To-day District At torney Finney filed Information against Ogden, charging him with carrying aeon- ceuled weapon. nlrldc. Di iirui K. February. 1!). T. H. Bowon, an able newspaper writer, suicided in a tit of insanity by holding his head in a pail of water until he strangled. A Hill anVcllna; l'arlnc Italltoads. Wahiiinoton, February, 19 An lm portant bill rcgaiding the control of Pa cific railroads was introduced in the house to-day by Mol.nno of Marylaud. It abolishes tho pretent hoard of live gov erument directors and establishes tn thcli stead a board of supervisors of Pacific railroads, consisting of the secretary of the interior, the assistant secretary and the eoiniuiasioner of railroad atraitv, and to take the place of the pr.'scnt auditor of Milrosd aiTonnts, a railroad engineer, who shall have special charge of rolling itock and construction, and an otlicer of the attorney general's department learned iu the law. The supervisors are to have entire charge of all the government's in tere.it in these railroads, and have author ity to receive complaints, make invcstign tii'uisand ri'porl coercive hginla(ion, if noi'essary, to congress. The bill is very elahornte, and bus the approval of the in terior department, having been prepared by Theophllus French, auditor of railroad MCi'OIIUtS. tXmlh ofT. llri.ml.ll. ConMiiutine Itrmuidi, a well known frei artist, died tins morning. Th Sllb InurMt Iw KajroraM Con trlra. M. Plixotelus, coiihiiI st Lyons, Frame, in a dispatch to the department "I stale, says that the political Bif.i ir.-i of F.ngland and of Kiiriu have bad a ronsulerahle vtlecl duriiitt the pant year in he silk trade. Uermany has suffered fnnu various economical Ciinses, and is sirugliiii; In re strict her production to home eoiKiiiiip tion. The noble snd pruprietors of Kiimh have been nuuipelled to econouiiie III the use of the finer fabric. Austria, follow ing the exanipleof the 1'iiiied Mates has, by her tantl legulations, maintained a better degree of prHTlty than any other rotintrv. Italv and Spam have largely suffered from bad crop i-very where. Tb lit ni. lid fur silk guotts ba been IHtil-rtl to uuxlet qiahnes a ed as nnslest cut om. .Since fasliKXI ha favoied ouxcil tuff in place of rich and pure nlk, Lyons baa made treat efforts lo uo other n.'iirn i in nf irr ta sustain the labor of her 11000 workers. paracll at riwclBwatl. Cimcikkati, February, 20. Psrnell ar rived to-day. He epoko briefly of the suffering iu Ireland, saying that the Bri tish government showed some signs of giving relief, vet all that could be done in America would be needed to avert death and bitter suffering. Referring to the prosperous condition of the working classes in this country, be said that he thought it wise in America to protest against the worthless products of English lOOuis anu aui ivomw v. - "o civilization. Hcavr firs la Rew York. New York, February, 20. A large five story iron front Duiiding, asi to iu croau tinrriAil this evening. Losses: Ha xon.Todd & Company, importers of silk - I 1 0 II -It t. AHV J40t),UU); Uicsernon, luiuner a aiihiij tailors' trimming, $:'00,(XJO; James Wilde junior, & Company, manufacturing tailors 4-ir.n mux. lnaa in tinilnini X.V1000: insur- once unknown. During the progress of the fire tho companies on tne root maue an eflbrt to cut through Hie thick plates, ... m 1 : at... tlmar orurA DUl leeilDK H" '"V1 "V ww.w . . . . ir i 1 1, a obliged to retreat, iwo inemuere oi mo l,Jl nn,l Ladilnr Com nan v No. 1. Thos. L. Dougherty and John F. Cassidy, were the last to desist irom ineir wora, anu re mained too late to escape. The roof gave uav QndilAnlv near the center where they were standing, and with blanched faces and cries or horror, tho two uremcn ien into the blazing abyss to be consumed. Their comrades who saw them disappear nunrlv unmanned bv tho awful spec tacle. The remaining firemen on the roof h.a it iiiiai-AmiPfi in mo ffrounu uuu ion attempt to fight the fire from the roofs was abandoned' Cowlry sjcts the Kxtrcmc Penal!)'. New Yoiik, February, 20.-Reverend Edward Cowley, late manager of the fihoplierd's Fold, who was convicted of cruelly treating and starving children under his care, was arraigned this morn ing for sentence. Recorder Smythe gave tho extremo penalty of the law one year in state s prison anu nue. Ilallroad Accident. I'liti-w: Fnhruarv. 20. Bv the running ofl the track of h passenger train on the Bolleaire & Southeastern Railroad, while crossing a trestle near Belleaire last night, the cars iell a distance of 35 feet. Twenty nassenirers were seriously injured anu thirteen dangerously. Among those fa tally injured is nonoraoie Lorenzo imh ford, oi St. Cluirsville. Ohio, ex-member of congress. Public Kiccutlon. 'mifviMB Fnhruarv. 20. Burnell Smith and John Hall were executed at Marfreesboro at 1:30 P. M. to-day, for the murder of Major Pngh last May. They were pronounced dead within 17 min- ulna Thno aiArA hurried to nhoiise a a short distance from the gallows and an attempt was maue at resusciia iinn lini. r,iilil. Hull died easv. but Smith aith a striiL'zle. Between 10.000 and 15,000 peoplo were present. Ilnntlng a Fleud. Itikti Vnhriinrv. 20. A lan?o nartv of citizens are scouring the country near I I . f I L 1 Kewman, tor uivens, wno, tost nignt, wnen li mviHhftil his il,nii?liter. sixteen years old, and fled to the woods. Re ports of his (team win accompany ms cap ture. I'edntrlanlam. riunuviTi (Vliniarv 50 .Scaro of the Iti.lliiuiin llniiuA iuiliiriHiis at inidniclit stood: Guyon24!), Harrlman 248, Howard 212, Vent 2.')0, O'Brien 243, Buckridge 210, Meals 227, Byrne 238. Tha Broadway Vlrr. V'vur Vnuir I'oliriinrv 21. Hazen.Todd X- ('iininmiv. nstiinute their loss at $4"0.- 000; insured; Dickerhoff, Roelller & Com- pany. loss, $300,000; insurance, r-".o,iHW. f 205,000 was recently refused for tho build ing destroyed. It is insured and will be rebuilt Tho origin of tho firo remains nknown. RoEue Fall Onl. Boston, Febrtiaay, 21. Henry Orpen, keeper of a boarding house at No. 22 Flor ence street, souin end, learneu io-niniit, that two of his lodgers, who roomed to gether, had been missing eight days. He opened their room and found li. C. Mar uliiill nnn of tho nOHHinir lodiers. dead no on the bed with n revolver in his left land and a bullet hole in the right side ot his head. In the room a laws lot of bunzlars' tools were found, also seven cru cibles and a number r precious stones taken from jewelry. The police believed the murder was committed in a quarrel over the spoils. The stones are thought lo be a portion oft hose stolen irom tuo. il. Norman's residence on Beacon street on the nightof the 11th. Farther Knelt of tha Ciayivllla Atrocity. VVuriM ii.i U'..ul Virirlniii Fehriiurv. 21. The facts connected with an incendiary fire at Clavsville, reciting the purticulvrs if tl. iiltmniil nf u vnnmr 111. ill til tire his father's house, mentioned iu these dia- atches last evening, are augmenied to hi v bv fuller reports troui the scene of the occurrence. James Worrell, the son and perpetrator ot the unnatural crime, was studying for the ministry, and a lew eveninirs beiore the tiro le.i a prayer meeting, ltheenis that his desire for iiiouev liad Ih'chiiio a mania with hint. 8ome time preceding the lire he stole sev eral ol his fathers sheep and sold the pelts, and then Innocently ti-1 jn-J liii lather search for the sheep. A ehort time alter the house was robi'ed of sevcrul hundred dollars, James cl.iimiiltf to loe $2 by the robbery to blind (be lolks. It is now learned that his tKe sitera were locked in their rnoinsmid afler I he holle was set un Are by James, one of Ills sinters esi aped, and Hell across ihe country In warn the nciiMibors, who arrived in lime to rescue the rot f the family. It is staled that youinr Worrell tried to poison the rest of the family s"ine time before The young man escaped to Ol.m, assisted in his Ihiilil by hislaiher, whoiliMith all has tried to shield bis sou from the indig nation of his ni'Ul.lxiis. Striker Itrulared by Necroea. CaIi.O, Ililtuiii., February, 2i. Parties interested in the i O il mines in Northern Illinois are securing tulmed miners to take thrt plio-e of sir kcrs. Scer.il hundred, collected troui arioiis H.uts in Tt-uiira-vv Ihrougli their agency here have gone fnraard. Marina Ula at r. Nkwiokt, Riiihle I-lniid, February, 21. The i-Iimiji Pearl and ull bunds are re pol led livl utt (ia' ll .tierHs. Iha lluda Hear mt Ira Atnxt. New Yoik, Fetiiuirv.2L The Hudsuii river is open Im ilseniire length. Unta-aned and .Wr.ird. PatcksoN, New Ji-rst-y, Feliruary, 21. Hairict lluik, a idi., atf'-d ", as fnniiil in ln-r nmiu ihia muriiinif. mur dered, mil rawed and rubbed of a gold Watch aud Some moury. I hlc ani. r!!.. I'dl.iii.m l l.tH,rrnnr Gardiner, of M.." clni-e'li., Wo i h two lUunhlrr- la aiayimt at llir tiraiid l arnc Hotel, lost Irom hia room IhursUay vhiio ( at tea, two valuablediaraond rings, money nd other iewela worth $1000. ocluo. An unknown man bearing the alias of J.J. Wilson, who attempted to forge tho name of M. E. Stone, editor of the Daily A'eut, for $9.'0, and get cash from a bank, was captured this afternoon through the quick wit of an eloven year old, whom he employed to do his work, but who kept parties informed of the forger's move ments. An illicit still has been broken up in Crown Point, Indiana. Sitting Ball and his Craw Afaln Omaha. Febrnarv. 21. Dr. McGilll cuddy.agent at Pine Ridge Agency, where there are 7000 Red Cloud Indians, is here en route to Washington, lie reports everything quiet among the Indians, lie .i. u : . . ; TJ.,i Bays lliai IlR'Mciigcm iioni miiiiiK state that he is in great need of food, but fuln havlinr become verv scarce. Further more, they would all return to the United States if they "ere sure of being received without any punishment, and that they would be taken care ot. Dr. McGillicuddy, who is a practical man and a successful Indian agent, says that they will return in a few months, and then they will have to be taken care or. lie will recommenu that thev bo kept on a separate reserva tion near the Missouri river, away from other agency Indians, who are becoming settled and inclined io civilization. A Frullleaa Confab. New York, February, 21. A Chicago special to the Ivnct says mat at a meet ing of the Chicago Railroad Company, just ended, official information was re ceived that the Pacific Railroad Compan ies had decided to meet the recent re duction on emigrant fares from ban ran ciscotoNew York by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, by issuing emigrant tickets on the days that the steamships leave at $35, the regular rate being $05. The Chicago roads were asked to pro rata on this basis, and they agreed on tne con dition that the Pacific railways should make a reduction In the shape of rebate to be collected in New York, for other wise persons coming to Chicago could buy New York tickets at 20 less than Chicago tickets, and on arrival at their destination here, the remainder of the passage to New York could be sold. The Pacific Rail road Companies refuse to adopt the re bate clan, and announced that unless the other proposition was agreed to, passen gers wouiu ue sent uy way ui oi. iouis and tnence east over me ruri, nuj nu uuu Pennsylvania roads, but at the same time a dispatch was received from Commis sioner risk, inioruung tne meeting unit the Trunk lines had accepted the pro rata ner mile offered by tho Pacific railroad companies, without requiring passengers to pay lull fare and accept, uraw oai'K ai New York. The representatives of the Chicago linos, including the Wabash, over which the threatened diversion of pas sengers by way of St. Louis might pass, expressed their determination not to suu mit. and after uniting in a strong protest against the proposed plan of pro rating per mile, adjourned without taking further action. Death of a Journalist. A uccsTA. February, 22 H. G. Wright, one of the editors aud proprietors of the Chronicle and Contlitutionaliit, died to-day, aged 3D, at the residence of Governor Herschel . Johnson. Uody Recovered. Xitw Yoiik. F'Hbruurv. 22 The bodv of John F. Cassiday, of Hook and Ladder Company o. j, who lost his mo at the late fire on Broadway, was recovered from the ruins this afternoon, burned almost beyond recognition. liiMMrona Fir Newport, February, 22. Haward's stables wero burned this morning with twenty carmines, ten horses and u large amount of grain. John Shay, a stableman, lost his life tryfng to get the horses out of the burning building. California' Cropa. San Francisco, February, 21. The iif- (in this afictnooti will publish the result of inquiries addressed to reliable corres pondents in till parts of the slate relative to the crop prospects of tho coming sea son. It is shown that there is a much larger area of land under cereal cultiva tion this year than ever before. That, on the whole the rain fall while not heavy, lias, owing to its distribution, been ex ceeding beneficial, insuring with ordinary spring showers, even in drier counties, good crops. 'Flint frost has not materially damuged young grain, at most only tetani ing lis tirowih, thus giving it an opportu nity to strike its roots deeper in'o the ground, while the evaporation of moisture from the soil has been prevented. Hint the lie w growth of wood on orange trees has been destroyed, but the trees them selves are uninjured. That in many lo calities where the orange has survived, lemon and lime trees have been killed outrght. That budded aud grafted cil ron trees have sn tiered more than seed lint's. That other truit trees and grape vines have not lieii injun-d. Death of Dr. Biuh Auianv, fehriiarv. 22. Reverend Dr. Charles P. Bush, of New York, secretary nf the Atiierii'iiu board of foreigu mis sions, died here to-day . Cnurcll nurueil. Watrrtows, New Jer-ey, February 22 The Arsenal a! reel Meihudisl Chinch burned to-day. fnalal Chant!. Washington, Febru.uv, 22 The fol low i lit' .postal thaiiire for Oregon was injile ilimni; the week: I ostuthce estah iMied Knigii', Marion county, Frank lv Knight, postmaster. A romping four-vear-old boy had been dented some trilling gratification by his mother, but it did not seem so trilling to him as to her. So, striking an attitude before he said with the utmost gravity, "Mother, were you ever a httlo boy?" "What would you do if mamma shonld die?" she pathetically asked her three-year-old daughter. "I don't know," re marked the infant, with down ct exs and a melancholy voice. "I thpo&e I should havo to tliuunk myself." A good way to prevent walking in your sleep is to hire a man to practice on a trombone all night in the next room. It Ks right to the spot. Noeure, no par? Mention this paper when you try the rvmody. Lettuce sqnash all tendency towards verbosity and consider the example of the mlko who sayeth but little and become wise thereby. A pumpkin spout with impunity, tut water fool yn'd be to imitate iu example. A male's hd does not contain a brain capable ot culture and refined rearing, bat the other end of his form can. bis rcrd. The Future of Type-Writing. For many years inventive ingenuity here and Woad been f reetej towards producinga machine that would enable an operator to record his glite without the use of pen or pencil, ine great advantages of a machine of Una kind were apparent to all. Hand writing is as laborious an occupation as hand-knitting or sewing. The ong continued use of the right hand in writing has given rise to affections ol the hand and wrist. Not every person can write well who tries ever so hard to master the art. Some can only write with extreme difficulty on account of defective viainn nr nnrtial Dural vsifl. The progress in devising and con structing a machine for type-sotting or hand printing was somewhat slow. It was necessary for the machine to perform sevoral operations. It must stamp a character, move the paper as fast in one direction as fast as the letter is iormeu, irivA An alarm inst before tho line is finished, and move tho sheet downward or upward after the line is completed As in the sowing machine one person in vented the noodle and another the device for feeding, so in tho type-writer differ ent persons aided in producing the Beveral parts. The first sewing-machines were large, cumbersome, and very noisy in their operations. The like iu all respects was true of the first type writers. Now the size of both kinds of machines is greatly reduced, while they both run with very little noise. The type-writer, as at presont con structed, does excellent work. A fow days' practice enables almost any person to record words with it faster than he can write them by means of a pen. Per sons who have practiced on them for a year or more can do twice as much work as with a pen or pencil. The speed which experts have acquired is marvelous; some of them being able to record words nearly as fast as they are ordinarily spoken. By means of manifold paper several impressions may be taken at onco. The impressions are clear, dintinct and as nearly indelible as ordinary printed words. A page of type-writing contains much more matter than common writing. There is, accordingly, a saving in the quantity of paper used, while the papor ordinarily employed for type-writing is of the cheapest quality. It is hard to predict what chunges tho type-writer may bring about. Possibly writing with a pen may, in a distant futnro, be numbered among the "lost arts." Experiments show that children will learn to use a type-writer in less time than is required to teach them to form a dozen letters with a pen. In struction in writing in our public schools ordinarily extends through ton or twelve years, and at the end of that time many of the pupils can write a creditable hand. That number of hours, however, would be sufficient to instruct them in the use of the type-writer. The time saved in learning to writo would enable the pupils to advance much further in their other studies than they now do. At present the price demanded for the type-writer prevents its employment by persons' who have not occasion to write a considerable portion of the time. One who has but little writing to do can not afford to pay $75 or $100 for a machine that will" enable him to do it more expediously and correctly. As soon as tho patents on it expiie by limitation it is likely that the price can be reduced to 825 and still leave a hand some profit for the manufacturers. Of course one machine will answer the wants of all the membors of a family, or all persons in an office where constant writing is not required. Should the em ployment of tho type-writer become general, it is likely that ono or more machines vill bo found in all hotels for the convenience of guests. It is probable that the use of tho type-writer may revive the ancient custom of using a seal for authenticating letters as w ell as legal documents. As soon as the machines come into general use they w ill be simplified and greatly improved in many respects. The history of all machines shows that they are improved in pro portion to tho number of persons who use them. .... ...."V W ..v.,rn W I, ...n. I.U ,1 b, .! I , Lowell, the American poet and critic, lias . i i... ti -ww urni ipuiii(fu t)y i reKu.Hni naves I Tit it ml SfutPM Mniiaror at tha P.mrt nf Co ''""'VI mw tov VIII V IM .-l. James. For some vears back Mr. Lowell i..... I...... f ..:... I i5. f:. . .i nun uccii uMiru .-Mines iuiniBier uv ins Court of Spain, as Washington Irving wus U..4' . I.:.. : .... ri'i. . . . , m-iuiu inn nine, x uv BftfHMUUUet.C WI.ICI) brings Mr. Ixwell to London will be very welcome here. Tho new American Min imer in ia no senfieastrHiVerto ns. Only the other night Sir Stalfurd Northern wnfl niliitlmr nrtrt nf K!a liiii.awi iti.. it ntiitt I'firrpctlv nwlnpil ni nnlu it 1,1 . . .. f ...uvwi) i iv n viiiu seem, on some recollection of having i i i rt ... . n iienru 11 mane uso oi ny .Mr. liright. Still it was a line from, or meant to be from, the immortal Hoses Biulow, the quaint philn.soplier and nioruli.it whose humors mill shrewd sayings were onee in the moiitliN of all Knilislituen, and are re- metuiierect uy most or ns still. Mr. Low ell's "Biwlow Paners" are bis best known anil inimt mitiiilur rirr,i1iiitinn f i "..hi , ut.b- side the limits of all New Kimland, tit ell events, tint ins graver poems bave read ers everywhere, mid bis critical esmiys may almost be said to form a part of oiir own iiter.iture. Then- as a tiine.during the civil war in America, when t lie author of tlie '-Rinlow I'.nwaiV i.,a .. i;,ii.. - " " - n.oa lllllO out of humor with England for certain acts or omissions of her government, and no expresse.i nimseii accordingly in HCriil Verse. Hut this i'iuhhfv !," i,..,.. t, una v 1 1 since made arkiiow leilment of any error it may have lieen drawn into during a lierplcxitig time, and we may safely as sume thai Mr. Lowvil has (vastil to feel sore on the old subject, lie in one of a niiinlierof men w!.o have mm a distinct and peculiar reputation in literature for ilu ireonntry, and who have msde' Har vard I'niveraity and Cambridge village Ulaces tliut all KlrnlH'pli in i. r- - .. ...i 1 m,o to see Kyerv one in this country will be anu i rr Mucin naycs latest tp. p-iiutmetit. lmilnn Xot, Jan. :0th. Naimlios's Film-cur Win n,..i.. - St. Cloud he li d had a dangerous fall; he had been thrown fn-m a carriage on to a ihi.hI which llJil liearlv nt..u l i.:. . j ri ma plum- ach. and the next day, alien I asked him now no .ns, ue answered, with Ihe ut most irravitv: "I vrntentav ,..i......j " - . Ulll (iirifU HIT experiments on the poer of the will. When niv stiin.ai h ara. Il... i t r.i. i:ir.' juicu, t ien uic ewaping fmni me. I had only just lime to say in myavif that I wneld no d;, and . ."!. A1! "e el ""'d bave died. P.mre Mtw .nn. nV Ie n)lir4 Flour is OD. What nf ill T..'t : .1.. ! 03 the rise? ' In the Streets of Madrid. The people the masses seem to bn littlo and care less about the court Or! does not hear it mentioned in the cat. the street or the theater, unless by chani upon the stage. The mule-driver cki in his greasy blanket, his parti-co'lorS leggings, filthy hose and straw Ann, lil. with his bronze face protected from th sun by a broad-brimmed hat, which r! pears to nave seen service for geneii. tions, docs not stop to look at t!i carriages as they whirl by. He curse, his mules in his rich and "emphatic bnt entirely nntranslatable, dialoct, undgJ his ways. A palhsgo looks on curiotm. a moment, then turns unconccrneuj These peoplo do not care whether there is a King or not. They think only of tu present moment. The toil and' the po. ehoro and the red wine to come at even tide are the only tilings which attract them in the future. I observe thoosandi of people here in Madrid who seem to live without work. In all Spanish citie, the samo spectacle presents itself. When, do tlieee people get bread? Heaven alono which sends it to their gapin. months can toll. I imagine that some of them live by processes which endanger the lives and property of their fellon although Madrid seems to be as orderly as any other great European capital. Coming across the Puerto del Soi this morning, I found myself suddenly fa, to face with three of the strangest loot ing ruffians that it was ever my misfor. tune to meet. Had I encountered them on the open plain, in the vicinity of Madrid, I should have considered it em inently necessary either to run or to hand over such gold pieces as I might chance to have upon my person. Ve have some rough specimens in America but none like these. My first glance at the elder of these individuals led me to believe that he hod nothing but a vert wicked face, wrinkled, blotched and red peering out of a torn, dirty and faded cloak, and surmounted by a broad som brero. The culmination of wretchednest was here. He leered at me as he passed in such a manner that I felt quite chilly. The removal of his cloak would have shown us a formidable array of offensive weapons, no doubt. Number two was a villain, such as Fallstaff is supposed to have had in his army a veritable scare, crow a thing of rags and patches, most woe-bogone of aspect. Thirty years of dirt seemed to have settled thickly upon his criminal cranium. But he shouldered his cloak with the grand manner which even the humblest shopman or laborer in the streets here effecte a manner which is traditional, and which one ma; see admirably painted in somo of the old genre pictures in the Madrid museum. Number three was a boy, so starved, bo lean, so melancholy, and yet so wicked, that he was positively phenomenal! These worthies would, doubtless, gladly lay in wan ior me unwary tra ler, but the town is well guarded. The watch man, with lantern, and with the baton which has replaced the old-fashioned spear, goes his rounds during all the dark hours; he even carries a key at his girdle with which be can open all the doors of the court yards, and oan thus let you into your own houses if you come late and fail to arouse the servants bj tinging. Edward Kinij in Boston Journal. How They Vie ou the Stage. "That's what you're after." said ti. A. Graver, the courteous stage manager of Haverly's Urooklyn lheater, to a iSor re porter. "How do actors die on the stage? In various ways, I should say; from a great many causes, or from no causes at all. In shooting scenes voting and inexperienced actors will fall before ynti see tliu flash or hear the report of the pistol shot. To stand without tliiuhing while a pistol is aimed at you, is not very easy. In our early day we fired cork balls at each other to overcome our ner vousness. Shooting accidents are nnnier Oils on the stage. I need not remind you of the latest fatal case in Baltimore. Once we took six muskets from the properly'' room, and found slugs in every one of them. "As to myself, I have suffered all man ners of death, figuratively, in the past twenty-five years. This is the first season in that long period that I am not acting. There were heavy pieces in which 1 had to die every night for weeks. I do not approve of Salvini's death scenes, nor of the hospital , atmosphere on tho stage. Death from corrosive poison is preceded by excruciating pains. Are they a fit subject for illustration? V. Ooodall personated at liarnum's Museum a drunk ard suffering from delirium tremens. He was seized with spasms, aud was carried olf the stag?, utterly exhausted. His rep resentation of his Celebrated character of 'Edward Middleton, the Drunkard,' wss too realistic and repulsive to the audience. "Consumption oil the stat'o has not spread much on this side of the Atlantic. Clara Morris has her peculiar cough as tho 'Lady ot the Cumelias.' Matilda Heron surpassed her iu that character. In 'Jack Shepard' occurs a scene where a cloth is thrown over a man's bead and two rulhans club him to death. The cloth was getting saturated with blood. The spectators objected to so brutal an exhibition, and now the bludgeons do their work off the stage. Of a dozen men :.. ..I.... I. .:,, . ..1 .lil Bina in n iav, eacn one wni aci aim uit ditlerentlv. "At the old Park Theater, under Mi. Conway's management, I swung from s limb of a tree on the stage and prevented the commission of a murder. The villain iu the piece has inveigled a girl into mountain glen, where he had already dug a crave for her. I hear hen ries fur help while standing on the top of a cliff twenty feet hi:li, uud, grasping the limb of tree, I swing down, rescue the girl, end, with a territiic blow of the spade, idled on the back, kill the vidian. At the re hearsal I discovered a defective sjiot in the sajiiin, which was to euable the res cuer to make bis descent. "I ointed out the weak part to the carjietiter, w ho entered into nn arfc'tiuier.t and cla'med the hickory was strut f enough to hold an elephant. .To put it 10 a test, l ran tip the rlirJ and swung down. The sapliug did break at the point I had indicated, and I fell down, but landed safely on my feet Next time another sapling snapped, and Collin Smart broke his arm. Death by hanging is frequent occurrence on the stage. I was led to the gallows many times, for instance, in the Carpenter of Rouen, and in 'Jtfsie Brown,' by Boni-rewlr.'' An IVwt Sar. "Ma," said a youngster U his mother the other day, "why is your cupboard like a vegetable garden?" "I don't know, my child ; that's more than I can tell-' "111 teU you why, my mother, "It's be cause you have pa's nips in it."