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4. EUGENE CITY GUARD LATEST NEWS SU3MAUY. BY TKLI.UBAPII TO DATE. A. f. Mitchell, a prominent journalist lieu ftl 1101 I-pring", ArKausas, rciiruaiy 23d. A fatal distemper has broken out among the horses in IseW orn cnyatiuis epi demic. W.I), Howills, editor of the AUuntio monthly Id to be appointed minister to mo fcwiss conloilernlloii. The Importation Into Frame ofsallod pork, bacon and hams from lint United Hates IS prohibited, The total deposit for the reduction of national bank now circulation in ocw York alono amount to over $1 1,000,000. The Wist Viririnia iituto cnato voted down a constitutional amendment pro hibiting the Halo of Intoxicating liquors, A caboose and fruitrht 'rain on the Wn bash iumned tlio track and took fire. V. Knell, a passenger, wits killed, and two others hurt nightly. In Benton county, Arkansas, C. D. Oun tcr. brother of the conirressinaii, ahot and killed L. Ji. (In in Me. 'J'he quarrel aroHe over trio postollice. The municipally of Marseilles, by a vote rf 3.5 tol, annulled a decision to grant a Hi to lor tlio erection of a statue to Thiers, on the ground that he was an enemy to radical ideas. A jury, Inquiring Into the causo of tho falling ofth New York Central depot, leport that they could notstute the cause, except Hint tho iron rods parted and let the roof descend. The verdict la consid ered extraordinary, . A medical and sanilury exhibition w'll be held ill London on the occasion of tho meeting of tho international medical con gress from July Kith to August 13th. Ap plicationa from America fur space wjjl be received until April lbili. In a vote in tho lower hotino of congress on the Fitz-Johii l'orter case the follow ing Democrats voted with the Republi cans in tho negative: lilofint, lioiick, J'av idson, (S.C.,) Dunn, Felton, Mills, Me pbuns, Btevenson and Whithorn, Secretary Goff tells his friends that lie lias not been asked to remain In tho next cabinet, and ho does not expect to bo re tallied, lie says that he Would not con tinue in his present position if invited, but would accept the Attorney General ship. A membership In the New York stock exchange raid the other day fur f'll.OOO and tho buyer has to pay in addition $1000 to the stock exchange, There are eleven hundred memberships, and at $'11, 000 each the present value of total mem bershiiis is &il,100,000. Five yr-urs ago it was dilllcult to Bell a metuberidiip for $5000. In the Kalloch case the prosecution in troduced witnesses to provo the pistol produced In court to bo the one Kalloch shot DeYoting with. A new witness, Gibson by name, testified that ho saw Kalloch shoot at Do Young, lie was look ins In a window at tho time, but could only swear to live shot. Tho prosecution will probably close to-morrow. The New York Times of Feb. 17lh snvs: Tho Jersey Central change noticed to-day It for the purposo of providing an eastern outlet for tlould's WabaHli-l'acitlcsysteni. This couneci ion will givo (iould control oftlioroid business and furnish bint a transatlantic system of roads having two termini in this city Independent of tho New York Central and hrio. The lotnl debt and stock of the New Jersey Central Is $-"8,ooo,ooo. The cost of the road wan only $20,000,000. It Is raid that Senator F.aton, chairman of the foreign relations committee, who ha the Chinese treaties in charge, intends to keep them back till after the 4th of March. There is a great deal of disap pointment about tho language of the em igration dance, and it is not believed that there will be time for its proper discussion Ibis session. No audi understanding win reached or even bro'tched in committeo when the treaties were under considera tion. Stocks were very weak on tho oponing of the market In New York on the 1'lth, but stringency in tho money market was the main cause of weakness and on the announcement that the secretary of the treasury would immediately redeem on presentation there of $2..(klO1tiO0 bonds included in the 101st call Issued, money speculation assumed an extremely buoy ant tone and a brisk purshsslng move ment was inaugurated, which resulted in a rapid advance, ranging from about 1 to tl per cent., Hannibal and St, Joe leading the Improvement. The New York Tribune ss: The work of tunneling under the Hudson river is Itolng on satisfactorily. Iwo hundred men are employed by the company. Tho completed portion of the tunnel advances tlve feet every day toward the New York shore. The whole distance completed thus far is 2t0 feet from the shaft The superintendent says that on the New York side Ihetomiuiiiy is getting ready' to begin woik at the foot of Morton street. A caisson Is building and we shsll soon bo working at both ends. The whole dis tance is MOO feet. If we advance at the rate of live feet at each end every 2t hours, it will lake something like lfi months to Complete the work. Chicago dispatch of Feb. 17th. Three celestials, desirous of becoming bona tide American ciiUcna, yesterday applied to John rUeohens, clerk of the criminal court, for naturalisations papers. "Wong Ching Foo, a nsturulixed Chinaman, acted us interpreter aud explained the case fully. Moy Hong Kee, one ofthe trio, had only been in the country a few months, and Hiade application for and was given his first papers. Ho placed upon the docket a pen soil ink skyrocket as his signature, mid Hiid thata man well versed in the Chinese language would call it Moy Hong Kee. Mev Kee and Moy Sam, the other Iwo, ha co been in the country ten vears, having come when but lti yeary old, and if ever entitled to full naturalization, pa lter they should now, but Judge Moran after examination of the applicants, took the matter under advisement. A Judge of the circuit court of S m Francisco slid a iudge in New York, have decided that Chinamen cannot become full cititeusof the Uuited States. The question hat never come before the supreme court and it it one of the unsettled questions in the great Chinese question. Judge Moran did not care to ezpreM an opiuion ujsn what other judges had disagreed ijn, Without careful consideration of the whole subject. He was not sure, more over, but that the provisions ofthe new Chinese treaty would prevent the con summation of Mongolian cititenship. Xnrthern Psclflc stock in New York was run op rapidly on tho announcement that parties In the interest of the O. It. & H. Uo.f were buying bcuuwu'"" micur, which also caused a sharp rise in Oregon shares. Upon good authority, though not yet ofllcially, is stated thatSecretarySheriiian Intends to pay outthe five millions alreudy received from the banks for retiring cir culation and a wlilcli comes in irora tliHtsourcolnthe purchase of bonds. Tho decision In tlio Cannon-Campbell iniinilumiiH case was rendered by Aso ciate Justice Twiss, who decides that tho court has no lurisdietion over tlio gover nor. Notice of appeal has been given by Cannon's attorney. Kinslinoxisbrevali'iit at the Hawaiian Islands, mid vessels from that quarter uro rigidly examined. One very light case of Varioloid was Kilinu on one snip arriving at San Francisco which will cause her detention in quarantine for a few days. Tho Tribune savs: Fernando Wood left his lariro nroneriy to his eleven sur- viving children. Ho was married three times but had no children by his first wife. Tho house ami grounds surround' ing it, occupied by Wood when In the city, are worth over f.iw.uiju, ami no was pos sessed of a great deal id valuable real es tate in other barts of tlio city, which he saved with dillliulty from the panic of 1H7.1 The New York Commercial sys: While it IsL'ctierallv admitted that Gould has taken hold of the Central Railroad of Now Jersey for an outlet for bis Hoiith-western system or railways, all or which no men itates nresentlv consolidating the Mis souri. Kansas and Texas, St. Imis and Iron Mountaiii.uiid Texas Pacific, his new move Is regurdod as nothing more nor less than ultimate possession ofthe Southern Pacific road as soon ns It touches the Texas Pacific road at F.I Paso, which it will do in little over a year. "Senator Slutor hai introduced amend ments to ihu river and harbor bill, pro posing to increase the house appropria tions in follows: 1-or the canal at tlio Cascades of the Columbia river, from $100,. 000 to $300,000; for the Lower Willamettee and Columbia, from S1.,o:kj to ti,ouu lor Yaiuina bay, from $10,000 to $25,000, and new items as follows: For Coos bay. S-10,- 000; forCoquillo river, $100,000; for pro tection ofthe beach ht Point Adams at mouth ofthe Columbia. ?20,000. Senator F.aton. chairman ofthe foreign relations committee, emphatically denies the published statement that he has con cluded not to call up the Chinese treaties for action by the senate this ic-s.on. Mo sayi, on the contrary, that he is coiilldent that they will he ralilled within the next ten davs. Commissioner John F. Swift bus arrived in Washington. The iniiiii object of his visit is lo promote the rat ill cation of the treaties, and with thtsohject in view he spent some time on the floor ofthe ronnto during to-night's session, converging with various senators. The death of Senator Carpenter will mako it impossible for the republicans to control tho organization of tho next sen ate immediately upon its assembling, even if .Mahono or David 1'avis vote with them, for the Wisconsin legislature cannot con stitutionally (111 the vacancy, prior to the second Tuesday alter receiving notice from the governor of itsexistence. Hence no election can take place before March 8th, and it will probably be delayed be yond that date as a number of powerful competitors for the succession aro already In the fluid. Philetus Sawyer who h.is been elected to succeed Senator Angus Cameron, from eastern Wisconsin, and the western portion of the state, will now claim the right to furnish a succssor to Carpenter. Among the most prominent candidates are Ex-Kunator Hone, lloss Keyes, Governor Pound and possibly Senator Cameron, whose present term expires on the 4th prox. At tlio instance of Senator Farley, the senate committee on commerce, of which he is a member, hasagreed to recommend t hut California items in the river and harbor bill bo increased as follows: For the improvement of Sacramento river, from $;!0,(HM), us proposed by the house of representatives, to $00,000; for San Joa quin river, from $'.ti,oiK) to$:!0,000,tho ad ditional amount to be expended in tho impiovement of Mormon slough; for Wil mington harbor, from SIL',(H)0 to :':i,000, and to itsert an entirely new Item of $ 10,. 000 for the improvcinoiitol Humboldt har bor, for which purpose tho house refused to appropriate anything. These amend ments, ifi-atlflod by the senate and finally concuried in by the house will add $!0,oob to the total now provided by the house bill for California, which is $i:t0,0iK. Far ley hits also obtained tho approval of tho senate committee for Slitter's amendment to insert an appropriation of $2i,0lK) lor tho improvement of Coos bay, Ogn. The New York Tiibuue says: Kvidently the Canadians do not expect the l'acilic Hailroad to draw any trade from our w est ern states uud territories. The charter their parliament has given to the new syndicate prohibits the construction of any branches of the line within filteeu miles ofthe American border, instead of reaching out for our trade. Thev are afraid tiiat our railroads will grasp a por tion of that yet to-be developed in their own northwestern provinces, and divert It from Montreal and Quebec. Tho Cana dian enterprise, although a highly impor tant one in its hearing on the settlement of Manitoba and Uritish Columbia, on tho problem of dominion in tho future will not be likely to exercise any appreciable effects on currents of transcontinental trade in this country. We shall have three l'acillc roads in operation before the Canadian line is built. They will sll 'be competitors for the China, Japan and Aus tralian trade, and each will possess a de cided advantage in the matter of distance from ocean to ocean over the far northern rival, to say nothing ofthe better climate for winter operations. French, government auditor of rail road accounts, has received from an un known person a copy of a circunir dated New York, Feb. 17th, and Issued by Fisk & Hatch, in which the auditor is charged with unfairness in preparing statements on w hich the attorney general based his recent action against the Ceuirul l'acitic Railroad Company. French asserts that this circular contains such comments and rejections ou b'ln that, in hi judgement, it may require for his vindication publi cation of a full statement of the whole matter at issue beUceu him and the Central Pacific Caiupany, winch would Include alt correspondence ami o'.ilciai argument necessary to complete the un derstanding of the position li has taken. The auditor says that he hopes, however, to avoid tlio necessity or any sucu state ment by obtaining speedy 'and- requisite legislation to secure such paytneuts to the government by the company as was iu tended by Die Thurtnau act He also sayi that fear of delay in settlemen ofthe pending action against the present Cen tral Pacitie Company hat compelled him to go to congresa for remedial Initiation' Tho Tribune hat Interviewed a gentle man from J runsvsai no y nmi ii r..,.Min .riiin iiiii-i-ia of the Boers is th the st Id they are the best marksmen in ihewor from long practice. Their campaigns have been conducted too. with great wbsd and skill. The democratic party In Jlrooklyn now decidedly disrujjUdand ex-Congro r.n ti..,i.iu k'li.Mdln. editor of t 111... . I. ---' lirooklyn Fugle, says the cause of the break IS the determination ui a iarg er number of democrats not to submit a ny loneer to the rule or the Joss. The chances of repairing it turns upon our ability todlsintcgrate the Influences wh:cli made the J loss a possibility and the loss Hi time a very insoieiu autocrat. I'lXA.NCIAL AJD COMMERCIAL. PoiiTiAin, February 2(1. IsSI LXil tvai'.vra in Portlsiel, buying, wr, ami sollmz at pur. Hilvur com in rurtlimj l.iiu qiiU) at I er cnl. il.auxiul to par. Coin cxeliungo uu New Yurk, 1 Jut rent, pre mium. Coin exchange on San Franciirn, jmr lo 1 )r out. nrerii urn. Telrgrapliie lraiitfe;s oil ' Yurk, 1 K-rceiit. premium. Iloitii l'olure market. The following qntatiuua rVprrvut the wlmle- bili- r:i'.i- Iniin iinxlucrrn or In -I limela: FLOL'Il fitaiKlanl LranU H IMfl 2i; lt i-ountrr biuiuH, f-if'.l supi'rliiie 7.V'i,Sl !M. WOOI, Valley 23ra27ic l-jflern Orognn 1(23 WilKAT v liicliuw, 1 ZM,1 HAY Timothy baled, buying at ?lrf 18 pi-r loll. rOTAT'K3-7ir.t foe. imr ctl. MII)l)hlMiS .Of't.j-.'.'i: lmrUi $S; rltupfucd IHr..Jiii flue tiieJ fl bin. EI1AX .lubliineat -r Mn, SllfaSlS. OA'IH Fml, tl Lirijl 30 K.r iruUil: f.td i lOKl 20. IIAC'OX SkIh, l ie; liann, Oregon 8 C I2(u, l ie; KnuUrn, l ll.ric; nliuulili-rH, lOf'j, 1 2c I,AItl In k-g, 13 ; in tint, l.'tc llL'TTEll We quoUi choice dairy at 30a.'!.') gocsl inwii mii, ii,w onliiiary, iny .', whether brine rir roll, Dr.IKU Flit: ITS Ai.lin. ,un dri.-I. HaOcj inuiliiiiu dried, 12je. Pcnm, mm-liino ilricd, llallfe. I lutim, iniu-lnue ilruil, l-Un lbe. Applei, market ovemMeked, at -iu'iio n'r box. F;;s--lit., M-r dox I'Ol'hTltY linn and rootU-m. ?L'Sa..'il Tur-ki-v l liililc wr jiiind. (inup, rdoi. rilKl-AK Oregiin, l.riir.c; I'ulil'oriiia, lflc. Jloiirt preiwil.flfalllc; on foot, 4'iliOe. 1IKKF Live weight, .'le, gneii 'l('i,ir, ht fi," 811 KK1' Live weight, 21egns. T LI.O W tjniitiible t file. II IIiKS The murket is linn at lftc for flrt-i laai dry; 7(". for grwn; culli, oue-liiml oil'. Jonerm SlrrclioUI"H. KH'K Murket ipioted at China, iul)i ; Sand wich Uhii'l, sr.. II. COFFKli IWa llicu, 17(.i.-0c; Java, 2Sa:i;ie; Uio, Hiil7c. TEAS Wo (iiul Junn in la'picnsl bexea 50 7.K! i pnsr, 3447 J. Bb'CAIW-Saiidwich Island, I0M lie: (iolden C, hi hliis, lie; hi hhlOlk ; I rushed hlil.i. J 1 c, hf bbla, I2c I'lilvoiiiuilbbli, 12c. lif Tibia, 13!c: liraniiliiUil M.Ik, I lie, hf bbU 12)c. fUUIINi:.S-Jr boxes, $ 7 J i lif boxes 2 J i. YKAST l'dWPKU Doniu'lly, IH gross. W1NKH While, Hr dos in euse, $.1 'iM; jwr gal, 71k! lo fl 50; Sonoma, x-r ibj iu cum-s, $3 60 to W; per gal, Alio to $1 fill Claret California H-rgul, $1 lo $1 25; im ported per gal, $1 50 M $12. Sherry ('ftla wr gal, iKIlo $ll fiO; Pmn inh$.'l Mill; smorhsl bnunli, $12 to 1M; lmmrted kt gal, 2 50 to $7. Tort Various braiwU in r csks, ?2 50 to $j ; fl 50 to $2; iniinrksl, 3 to $7. 8rillITS Kino old frcmicsnr llnindy in qr cka anil octaves, j 0(1 lo i bl) per gal; imiii villo'a Irish Whisky in ciwii jx-r dot, $12; Jinnea Stewart A t'o.'s SmIcIi Whisky in cr cka and octaves, (I; llcnne.-wy llnindy in rase, per dot, very lino 1 (ar $t(i, 2 star, $17 50, !l star $1 : llollaini Uin, largo cases, $IHU)$'2U; Old TomCiii iiiraws, j-12; live Whisky, T Rid, $2 fiOtof i; Ilourbon, ht gill, $2 5U to $5 i A Cutter, $3 2a to $3 50 ; O K Cutter, $1 50 to $5. OILS Ordinary brands of coal, 30c, high grades; IHiwuer Ji I.e., 37Jn loo ; uoiIimI hnnenl, M; raw linsoed, tl.V-; pureliml,$lal 10; castor, $1 60o$t tlOi tiirH-iitiiio. Hiigcct and Ills Cro-s. Alianct was ncrooulily surprised to hear that ho was raised to the (I rand Cross of tho Legion of Honor, a distinc tion rarely conferred on literary men who aro not great public functionaries. Theirs roso to the (hand Cross on being named Chief of tho Exeoutivo Tower, and Orevy ascended to it per saltum the lay on which ho replaced JMac.ualion at the Presidency. Ho was uudecoratcd up to that great turning point iu his life. Theirs was made a uraiul Ulhccr by Louis rhilippo, but never wore his decoration, unless at ollicial dinners. M. Diu-theleuiY St. llilaire has a right to wear tho "knot of red ribbon dear to French, but prefers keeping it in a drawer. Ho was decorated tor the civic courage he displayed in a tovolution iu which ho and llrevy lought side by side. (lambettii will probably remain uu decoratcd until ho succeeds llrevy rive years hence. Tho now Uraud Cross is a tougu olil man, going on towani ninety, lie is erect and active, and never misses a sitting at tho Academy. Latterly his eyebrows have growu bushy to a pho- notucmu degree, liver tlio aMeut touth eru eyes, tho brightness of which time has not dimmed, tliey appear Jiko a snow-covered thicket. Mignet rarely uses a hackuey coach: he walks a great deal, and when ho has a long distance to go ho rides in an oniui bus. Ho resides in tho house of Mnio. Thiers, in the lino d'Anmale, on tho first lloor, and bus leen there almost since it was built nearly forty years ago. Sho, for his convenience, opoaod a sheltered possago between it and the garden of her own residence, so that he could ruu in to iteieuner and dinner without discomfort. Mignet is one of Mine. Thiers' executors. During her last illuess his ncphcw.whom he brought np, was in constant attend ance on her as a doctor. The new Grand Cross belongs to a set of men who never smoked and whose intellectual faculties were vigorous to tho last to-wit.Ouir.ot, Thiers, Dufiiuro, lo Kemusat, llanltier de liumillv, Cousin and ltarthelemv !St. llilaire. Mignet is old enough to re member the murder cf General ltrun by alioyolist mob at Avignon, where ho went 'to school. Tall Mall Gazette. It was up at Melrose, in Grnudy conuty. She was a farmer s daughter. She hud said "yes" to a nice young man who worked on a neighbor's farm, and the day was set. Just before it came sho loaned him (0 to buy some fixings with. Two days after her father met the roung man in town and loaned him 8 with which to get a marriage license, lie got the ljcense, bnt he pat another girl's name in it ami went oil and married her on the day he agreed to marry the girl who loaned him Tie RotbtcliUa and London Koclctj. London society, says tho KiMtcktor, admires wealth so much that it is rapidly raising the llothschilds to a position in termediate between that of English no bles and royal princes. Their move ment'!, festivities and marriages are chronicled in tho nowspais-rs like thoso of tho most important porsouages in Europo. The marriage, for iustauco, of Uaron Leoiiold to MUo. l'erngia at the synagogue in Great Portland street, was recorded with ajl tho particularity of a roval wodding, and was attended by tho Priuce of Wales and Lord lieocoustiold, in spite of the snowdrifts. Tho festiv ities wero of tho "Arabian Nights' " kind, a great llorest, for example, refus ing to sell for a woek.that his hot-houses might be full for the wedding, and tho list of presents boing apparently written by tho author of "Endyniion." There were no "ropes of pearls," and indeed, no gift marked by originality, but thero was a sliopful of diamonds and gold and silver articles. Tlio llothschilds aro probably proud of all this, but they should read" tho his tory of tiio l''uggcrs, who preceded them ai the greut loan-mongers of Europo, and who became, under Charles V, sov ereign princes, as, though mediatized, they Btill are. That is the "topmost brick of the chimney," and it is not gained yet. Could they not buy ont tho Grimaldis or tiio Lichtcnhtoins? A London correspondent sends Uio following additional account of tho ro cent Kothschild-Perugia wedding: "Tho father of tho bridegroom laid the founda tion stoiio of tho Central synagogue, in 170, mid it certainly presented a very line appearance when decorated for tho uiarriugo of his son. Exquisite flowers and plants adorned the entrance and tho steps leading to tho ark of the sanctuary, a carved oaken cabinet, wherein aro de posited tho sermons of tho law, and be fore which a lamp burns perpetually. 1'ulnis, azaleas, lilies, ferns, and camclius made a bowor for tho happy couple, and tho dresses of tho ladies occupying tho area and galleries complotcd a charming picture of color and form, set off to the best advantage by tlio gold and neutral tint of tho walls of tho building. Be tween the nrk and reading desk roso tho cliupa or canopy representing tho cham ber of the bridegroom, beneath which the pair stand while the ceremony is per formed. Tho prince of Wait s was the chief spectator of tho marriage, und was seated ntar tho cauopy, on tho side of the brido. Almost all tho leading members of Lon don society and a largo contingent of the diplomatic world wero prcseut. Mllo. Perugia woro a magnificent gown of white satin, trimmed with old Mechlin lace, forming a beautifully arrayed knot iu front; train of tho same. Tho dress was trimmed in front w ilh little sprigs of orango blossom, sent from tho south of 1; ranee, and from a small wreath of tho sumo hung a long veil of whito tulle. In her hand was a small botniuot of rare white llowers. Sho woro no jewels of any kind. Tho diridogroom had on his shoulders a silken scarf, with interwoven th roads of blue, marked with his initial in gold, and tinited.by a truo lover's knot. This was tho tailith, or scarf of prayer, tho invariable gift of a Jewish brnlo to her ihuice. Duriug tho ceremonies a wineglass was placed ' on tho ground, which tho bridegroom shattered with his heel symbol that even in tho hour for which his heart had longod, some evil fato might shatter his happiness as ho shatters the vessel. Tho wedding break fast was given at tho houso of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Sassoou. Lord licauonslield toasted tho Priuco of Wales, and tho Prince remarked that ho was deeply touched by tho excessively kind words iu which his health had been proposed by his noblo friend, Lord Boaconslleld. The Sultan and Ilohart rash a. Tho promotion of Ilohart Pasha is an illustration of tho curious manner in which rank is obtained and appointment niiido in this country. , About a week ago a largo iron-clad frigate, called tho Os nianioh, was dispatched from Constanti nople to carry troops from Smyrna to olo. She was hurried oil, it is said, in n very ill-prepared state, and against the captain's protest. At the entruiico to tho Dardanelles, however, sho took the ground ou tho Diana bank, opposite Gal- lipoli, a nasty Hat shoal very imperfectly marked, which has brought up more than ono British steamer within tho last two years. Tho stranding of tho iron clad was communicated to the Palace ou Thursday night, tho accident having occurred iu the morning, and his mnieNty nt oneo sent off a special aid-do'-eaiup to Ilohart, with orders to leavo with assistance as soon as possible and get tho vessel afloat again. The dispatch vessel, with Ilohart on board, was just about to leavo when nn- other telegram arrived to inform the Sul tan that the Usmanieh had got off. Ilo hart, presenting himself at tho palace, later in tho day, was closely questioned as to the condition in which the ship had been sent to sea, and tho general state of tho navy. The account not being so sat isfactory ns tho Pudishah could desire, uud Hoburt complaining of his wont of itilluence at tho Admiralty, His Majesty suddenly declared: "You aro a Mu.shir, aud I hopo that tho positiou you will henceforth nil will enable the navy to profit by your great experience." It was thought at nrst that the bnltan would have made Hobart either Minister of Marine, or placed him by the side cf a Civilian Minister with tho rank of Com mander iu Chief; but tho influences ad verse to foreigners iu Turkey proved too strong iu the end, and Hassan Pacha, tho astute President of the Council un der Kat-siui's administration, was ad vanced to tho head of the navy. The rank of Mushir is very high in Turkey; it is tho Puclialik of three tails, as it was called, when those peculiar insignia were carried before pachas to denote their respective grades, aud has never before boeu conferred upon a foreigner but in one instance, that of Sir William Fen- wick Williams, of Kars. Iu his case it was, however, a mere honorary distinc tion, whilst iu Hobart s it is a substan tive affair, carrvmg with It a large acces sion of iucome in the way of rations. It is generally thought that in tho event of war Hobart will bo offored a high com mand. Manchester Guardian. A young maa who went up to tho rich "diggings" in Trinity couuty to try to make a "raise," wrote to his father re cently that he would letve for home as soon as he could borrow a pair of pants, vest and a necktie; he sUll has hut aat. A JRob.Ie Terrapin Farm. A few days ago au article clipped from aWashington paper appoared in the lleg later, giving a descri.tim of Senator Dennis's terrapin farm in Maryland. As we have something of the sort to boast of in the neighborhood of Mobile, it may not bo amiss to give our readers a de scription of Mr. Mulford Dorlou s great terrapin farm at Cedar Point. Ibis pro jection of land is on the western shore of Mobile bav, about thirty miles below this city, aud inhabited principally by oyster mou who reap golden harvests from the many beds which furnish near ly every oyster brought to tho port of Mobile. M. Dorlon, who keeps a storo at this point, has about three acres fenc ed in with strong pilings. Leading to this inclosure are two canuls, ono on the bay side and tho other on tho gulf side, which supply with salt water a number of ditches ton feet wido and a hundred feet long. Tho sand acenmu luting from the excavations of theso ditches is thrown on cacn side, and used by tho terrapins to sun themselves and lay their eggs in, which, if counted, would go up in the millions, and can be ruked up by thebunh el. In tho Winter season the terrapins re main imbedded in the mud of the ditches, whero they stay until spring time, never touching a morsel of food. A system of sluices enables Mr. Dorlon to keep the ditches full of salt water, or drain them at pleasure, and ho is not at all dependent on tho tide for that purpose. Tho number of terrapins on tho farm, as far as can bo ascertained und by the closest calculation, is between 20,000 and a."),000, and in the course of tho next three or four years will be something hard to caculato. About May 1st Mr. Dorlon makes his purchase of terrapins from tho country people on the Missis sippi sound, and takes all he ean secure nt three dollars a dozen, and that gener ally averago about 8,000 a year added to his farm outside of those bred therein. The inhabitants of Mississippi and Ala bama hunt tho terrapins with dogs trained for that purposo. The dog barks when he finds one, and tho hunter im mediately seonres it by going to the spot w here the dog points. The cost of feeding the terrapins, which as wo havo said, is only dono in the Summer, is about a dollur per dozen for tho season and tho price per dozen in New York has varied from eighteen to eight dollars. Tho food, which consists of crabs and fish, is caught with a seino, in front of tho farm, and really very lit tlo expense is attached to tho raising of tlicso valuable land toitoiscs. Mr. Dor lon begins to ship about October lst.and then on to about May 10th. He gener ally sends his on to Savannah by rail, and thence to New York by steamer, avoraging about 12,000 a season, and, had it not been for a disastrous hurricane, which somo time ago washed out Mr. Dorlon's farm, it would bo to-day the greatest terrapin farm in the world. Ho enn always ship all ho can get, for there is a ready market for these delicacies. Mobile (Ala.) Register. The Retribution of a Hiss. In tho popular magazine Time, edited by Mr. Edmund Yates. Mr. Charles Dnt tou Cook tells an amusing story of a man who hissed the representations of Weber's "Der Frieschuetz" in Paris. Ho was a grocer's shopman, and he was promptly ejected by some medical stu dents, one of whom afterward discovered the grocer's man in tho hospital. Tho man who hissed Weber died and his body was given out for dissection. Hector Berlioz, fifteen years later, revived tho opera, and in order to produce greater effect proposed to have a real skeleton in tho Wolf's glen scene. By cluuico he met tho student who had turned out the grocer's shopman for hissing "Dor Froischuotz. After that unfortunate man had been dissected his skeleton was preserved. "Ho's all right," said the student. "Ho fills a case in my eonstiltin? room, hung on wires and beautifully put to gether. Only the skull is a little dam aged." "I want you to lend him to mo. There is a part ho can play to perfection at tho opera." "l-dm't urderstand." "You sill shortly." "Un secret do'comodie? Well, I'll send you tho skeleton." In a box, corded and locke 1, tho poor shopman's bones reached tho opera house. "You soo this young man?" said Berlioz to tho property master. "Ho is about to make his first appearance upon the stage. His costume will be very simple. You will provide him with nn iron rod, to bo socured to his back, so that he may bear himself as stitlly as M. Pepita when he is about to pirouette. Afterward you will placo a torch in his hand." "I understand, sir?" "You will make a hole in tho grocer's skull. Don't bo afraid; nothing will come out; it is empty now as it ever wcs. This is tho skull Casper's sword will piereo in the incantation scene. Ho will hold it aloft, and tho blue firo will fiz all around it." "I understand, sir." Thus at every representation of "Der Froischuotz" upon the stage of the Grand opera, at tho moment of Zamiel's terri ble try, "Me voila!" tho tempest raged, the lightning Hashed, a tree was riven by a thunderbolt, all in Btrict accordance w ith the direction of tho of the compo ser, and there appeared tho skeleton of a man who had hissed Webser's music in that very scene, and waving wierdly in the air a flaming torch! Real Estate Worth Havi.vo. A re cent sale of Fifth Avenue property indi cates the immense value it has reached. The plot corner of Twenty-sixth street was purchased by the Astors for 212 -000. Iu size is 30x125 feet, and at this rate land in this vicinity is worth a million per acre. The Astors have a large extent of property in this avenue, which old John Jacob bought for S2o6 per acre. They required, however, the above nienlioned plot lor necial uses and hence paid the price"" j'h would have bought an immense np-to" a farm and the fact that Robert Lenox paid only 10,000 for the the thirty-acre tract at Lenox Hill, illustrates the old-time quo tation. Lenox considered himself ont witted in the bargain, but his son James lived to see one lot, containing a six teenth part of an acre, worth more than the enure cost of the farm, including both principal and interest. Such are T.kL.tr.rele,U'' chM8e-w SO0BT BITS. The Stars: the Alphabet of Omnipo. tonce. Tho Flowers: the Lauguage or Angels. The Rirds: tho Singers of God's own music. "Better to be alone than in bad com pany." True; but unfortunately, many porsons are never in so bad company as when they aro alono. Ko man onght to complain if tho world measures him a he measures others. To. measure one with his own yardstick may bo hard, but it is also fair. When von do not nood holp from any ono then "anyoiie will help you; and when you do need help the world is somehow always looking tho other way.' The principal of a young lodics' semi nary in Syracuse has so cxhaustingly in flicted her pupils with deportment," that, when left alono, her girls of sixteen act liko sixty! No man knows what tho wife of his bosom is no man knows what a minis tering angel she is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world. Tho following conversation took place between a kind-hearted lady aud a small boy who politely swung open the gate for her. "Ah! what a nico, polished, polite little boy vou are! 1 suppose you livo about licre?A "Ye lio I don't." A young fellow once offered to kiss a Quakeress. "Friend," quoth sho, "thee must not do it." "Oh, but by Jove, I must," said tho youth. "Well, friend, as theo hast sworu, thee may do it, but thee must not mako a practice of it." Mr. Magnire was elected constablo of a Kansas town and a newspaper an nounced that "Mr. Maguiro will wash himself before he assumes office" This made him very angry; he called uppn the editor, tho editor promised to retract and announced next day that Mr. Ma guiro would not wash hinisolf after all. "Seo horo," said a fault-finding hus band to his wife, "we must have things arranged in this houso so that we shall know where overything is kept." "With all my heart." she murmured, "and let ns begin with your late hours, my love; I should dearly liko to know where they are kept." Ho lets things run on about as usual. "Now we aro nicely settled!" exclaimed tho hoppy new wife, "if we only had a cow, Harry, wo could havo a nico soft bed." "Cow?" asked tho poor husband "goosoyou mean geese yield feath ers, you know, Mollio geese, not cows." "Yes," said Moilie.with a twinkle, "but cows give down, don't thoy.you stupid?" He uttered a snort of defiance and went out to chop somo wood." If aloes are believed to 1)0 present in cordials, olixirs, liquors, or beer, Hugo Borutragcr gives this rapid method, of testing tho question: A portion of tho liquid is well shaken with twice its vol ume of benzine, and the behavior of tho mixture of ammonia is observed. If no red coloration is apparent, aloes can only be present in very insignificant quantity or not there at alll. At tho last meoting of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, Dr. Theobald showed a species of bootlo (bolbo cents furctus) which was observed by him to move a small tray. He gave the follow ing interesting figures: Weight- of bee tle, 2 grains; weight moved, b1, ounces 20-10 grains, or 1320 times tlio weight of tho beetle. A man weighing 150 pounds, endowed with tho strength of this insect, should, therefore, be able to move 198, 000 pounds, or nearly 100 tons. Professor Perosino and Dr. Licht, who have both experimented upon the prin ciple of tho transmission by telegraphic wires of tho forms and coiors of objects in the same way that sounds aro trans mitted by telephone, hope to ultimately succeed in contriving an apparatus by which two persons who aro separated by au ocean will bo ablo to both seo anil hear each other. In tho autumn or early winter havo a hole ono or two inches in diameter, ac cording to the girth of tho stump, and about eighteen inches deep. Put into it one or two ounces of saltpetre, fill the hole with water and plig it close. Iu the ensuing spring take out the plug and pour iu about a gill of kerosene oil and ignito it. The stump will smoulder away without blazing, to the very extremity of the roots, leaving nothing but the ashes. Scientific American. 1 Theatrical Audiences. John McCullough, in a recent inter view with a reporter of tho Cleveland Herald, discoursed as follows about the audiences ho meets: "There is a very fieueral impression, you know, that western audiences are the most enthusi astic. That is a mistake. They are not. A western audience is a very reserved audience. They are chary of applause far more so than in New York or Boston Those are the two cities whero audiences are the most enthusiastic. "If they liko you, if they think your playing is good enough to be noticed at all, they are far more euthusiastio than an audionce in the western part of tho country or in the interior. Southern audiences are very respectful and good listeners, but not at all enthusiastic I moan in tlie matter of applause in tho theater. There are certain actions which arouso them into demonstrative ap plause for instance, one nicrhl ronanllv at the end of the arena sccuo. vou ouw uio niuusiasm; but it is an cscitincr seono iljnlf(l,n nn. tain coming down on the tableau, and all mm. uen an actor becomes a favorite and is acknowledged a suoh they take a friendly and personal interest "'"i. uu appiauu mm. nut the gen eral disposition of the interior audiencea is to be reflective and to think that they are not to be imposed upon by the re commendation of hironr nll.u Tl.o . n wanvo. XUO time is past when an actor cominir to .wuuu suii a recommendation from a New York uaner cpta a hnnu ti. .lv not care what the New York papers say. lou remember very well that twenty years ago, perhaps, and it may be longer -kv tuai, u an actor came irom New lork with the endorsement of the great New York innrnnla wnn 1 , ju .vmu iUKO iu lor granted people would say: 'Well, ""7 J " ana mat is good enough for ns. But now an actor ha t t.i w v IUD ?.-V-T on ms "n neriU. If you publish forty opinions of tlm . vrV press concerning me it would have very little effect until the people had aeon for themselves. This feeling is growing stronger every year." K 8