Oregon sentinel Oregon sentinel. '&; -- PUBLISHED SATURDAYS AT IKOXTILIE, J1CKS0S COUSTT, OREGOS, BT B. F. POWELL. - TERMS; la Copy-, one rear ; Six Month, ? 50 '-wpyn, - ADVERTISING RATES. On square 10 Una or leas flrst Insertion..... I 00 " each subsequent luwtion IN Z monthi , . T Ou " " ; jo oo One-fourth Column Smooths...... .... sow " ft , OM-uir - 5 ' '" 5SS wuv-uwa ., .... ............... SO OQ m ft a 4. QO On. Column 3 months ...... 60 00 " " to OO A Piston nt to Yearly Adttrtlun. 84 PER YEAR. r0L. XLX.-NO. 22. JACKSONVILLE, OREGON: JUNE 13, 1874. OREGON WLA 1 LI VJ) JLJ1 1 x JL1 1 JLJJLJi GENERAL MRECTORY. CKITEO STATES. sldeut U.S. Oust. I rrrsident IluT Wilson. ttaryol State IliHiLTox Fish. vAary of the Treasury O.S.Boctttux. -etary of Wit W. W.Bcusir. retaryortbe Navy O.M. ROBUult, .retaryortbe Interior C. Dcuiio. Attorney General 0. ILWiuiuts. Postmaster General J. A. J. Ctuwnu U. S. SUNtEMK COURT. Chlsr Justice M. lLWalte Associate JosUcm Nelson, CIUTonJ, Swayne, Miller, Sa ri, Field, Strong and Bradley. STATE OF OREGON. ClMTll SALKM,:Mrlon County. Governor ...L, F.Ortmr fecretary or State S. F. Chadvrlck Treasurer...., L. Flrischoer State I'rliiter Uusreae 8emple Circuit Judge (Fint Judicial DUtrict) I. I. Mm District Attorney " " " Jaa.lt.KeU JACKSON COUSTT: County Judge E.B. Watson, County Commoner. - """"TngSZ Sheriff. ..Thomas T. McKenzie Clerk P. Dunn Treasurer ....... John Bilker As-essor .....V..D. II.Tajlor School Superintendent IV. J. Stanley Surveyor ....J. S. Howard Ooruuer - COCBT SITTINGS. Circuit Court Second Monday la February, June and Aorrniber. County Court Fint Monday In each mouth. JCSTXCU or TDK KICK. Jacksonville TVm. M.Turner Xden Janies r. Bums Ablaiid hi. IM'eatt Little Hut to Creek ... James W.SJniion iluuncH.ck t. L. J. Hull Table Ibick II. M. Kuxers ' Boca Point C. Pchleffeliu ricasaut Greek. M. Makeman Grant's 1'ass .Mm Kahler Lelaud..; ..L. X. Browning Fuot Creek .....C. Draper Applegate Tho. Mee UtiiunUiwti.. M. I. Mnrgis Link lUver ....X. Stephenson TOWS OF JACKSOVV1LLE. C C Bcekman, Tres.; Joliu Biletr, Trustees Rasper Kubll, Sul tiachfl, l Henry Judge. Recorder V. 8. Hayden .Treasurer ....... Henry laie Marshal Frederick flrobe JJlreetCoiuMissIouir ..1'etor Duachey JACKSOW1LLEP. O. REGISTER. Ktagra I.rnvc Jarksmv lllc m Fullawat ci Rock rolnt.artint I'". and Uoeeburg, etcry day at Stik,m. Mail closes at 8 o'clock a ui. Tit ApiiUnd, Yrrka and lied Hug, Cal erery day at lOEO a.m. Mailcliei at 10 am. i Ap.lef;atr, Kurbyvlllr, Waldo and Crescent City, ct ry Monday and Thurmlay murnluc: at 3 o'cIoJc ilail clutett at S ji is. the prccrdins evening. be mall lur CDtrl l'olnt. T.lS Jtuci. ile Pointy TTrwu-botoub and ttafu'a Paltry ltuivci Wcdtwady uivnT(nicitcliMiui; the jirecvdinj etculitic. lit mail f..r Llnktlllc, Hot Springi, Valoax and Lake City Ivktm AaUUnd crcry Mvuday muruing. Money Unlir UIHrc ipii fi-um 9 1 5 o'clock tnch dny, cxrrjtt Huudnye. Office Hours,.... From 7 o'dack A. M. lo 7 P. 31. Office open Sundays 30 minute after eta.e arrirala. Hall Matter mut be In .n tlnte or It must aw U the itext Singe. MAX MULLER.P.M. IJKNKVOLKNT SOClrTIIKS. Wurren Lodge No. 10, A r.AND A. M.IIOLD THEIR KEQULAR A . cttmmunlcatlnns on the edncKdar een . inie nrrcttliiie the full inuon. at JacLaonTille. Or . eron. Srethren In rood etandinc ar tutitl to aii.n.i. t. a. reams, ve.n. Mar Mnus, Secretary. Jncksonvillc KotlpeiV'o. 10. I 0.0. F., HOLDS ITS HhOULAR MKCTINGS OS . Saturday evenings at Odd rellowa Hall, Bruthera lu guo itanding are invited to attend. C.W.Sigi,Soc KASrLRECBLT.K.O. Trmteta 3. J. Day, John Uoyer, John Bilger. Oregon DirUion No. 1, QOSS ASD DACQIIKRS OF TEMPERANCE, c KJ mveta on ?ued evening ui eacn vtreK In ODIlFkLLOHS HALL. JackiouTlU.. Bruthera and aisterm in eood atand- Ing are lnilte.1 to attend. JOU.N BOYER, W. r. A.1'. Owiji, R.S. Orcgonian Pucnliuntnn Tribe VTO. 1. IMPROVED ORDER OFRED MEN', HOLDS ITS 1 btati-1 CoundU at the Red Men'. Uall th third nun lu .very aaven anita, in the eighth ran. A cordial invita tion to attend it extended to bruthen In good standing. 1. D. 1'imom.C. of R. A. F. OWENS, S. Jacksonville Stamm N0.141,U.O.R.M, HOLDS ITS REOULAK MEKT ings every JThui-tJay evening at Odd rellows Hall, iiruth.r In guud standing are Invited to attend. Fun. Gaunt, K. 8. . E.JAC0BS,0.a Ituth HfbekBli DEGREE LOME SO. 4, 1.0. 0. F, HOLDS ITS REG ular nteotings ou every other Monday eveninc, at Odd Fellov.' Hall. Members In good ataudlnrare Invited to attend. S. FISUhR, K. 0. JANE KUBLI, R.S. FORWARDLNU MKROHANTS. K. S. MOKGAJV & CO., FORWARDING and COMMISSION 2VaCor-olxa.xxtc.f , EOSEIIUEG, OREGON, Al TTESD FArrHFCLLT TO ALL BUSISESS ES- truiteatoourcare. From and alter this data oar Forwarding ami Storage Charges will be uniform with the cbargec at Crescent City and nedding. Sol Id ting the continued patronage of all our friend, and the public generally. We are. respectfully. K S.A10UGAN&C0. Hoaeburg; June 11, ISTStf J. G. WAI.Is, FORWARDING asd COMMISSION "fta:ox-ojbuoci.t, CRESCENT CTTT, CAXIFOUSIA. MARK TOUR GOODS Care of J. CUV. Crra ccnt Cltjr, ut u tills of lading and shipping racelpta for m el goods rent, freight ad charges paya ble at Cnecent City, on delivery or goods. My warehouse consist oT to wick and one stone building. Assuring ay patrons that no pains Trill be spared in looking to their Interest, I ask (or a continuance or their rt errors. , j q TTivY Ctvmiit City, March iirr-f ' PROFESSIONAL CARDS. B..F. O0VTH.L. B. KLLT D0WELL & KELLY, A T T 0 E H E Y S - A T - J. A W , JACKSONVILLE, OKEGOK. Will practice In the Circuit Courts or Oregon, and in the District and- Circuit Courts or the Ui.heJ Statea, at Poitland, Oregon: also In the- Snpreme Court or the United Statrs,-at Washington, D. C. 43 Special at tention given to collectiona. C. W. KA8LBR. S. B. WATSOU KAHLER & WATS0K, A TTOEKE YS-AT-LA W. JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Will practice in all the Courts or this State; obtain Pat ents lor a 1 classes or public lands, both mineral and agricultural ; attend promptly to collections and attend to all county and 1'robate business. OFFICE opposite the court house. ' June 17,lS7itf. W. O. LANGFORD, ATTOEKEY-AT-LAW, (Formerly or Walla Walla, W. T.) ' Will practice In all or the Courts and Departments or the Uniled States, and Courts of the District. OFFICE 33 Fotvand-a hair street, Washington, D. C. nllv!8 DR. L. DANFORTH, pHYSICIAN ASD SUEQEON, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Having located In Jackson'iUe I offer my professional service, to the public Office In Caton's new building, adjoiulng Ryan's brick storeroom. Residence un Hflh strret. east of Methoditt church. docgl, 72tf DR. J. A. CALLENDVR. pHYSICIAK AND SUEQEON. FR1V FORT KLAMATH. Having located in Jacksonville, offers his professional sr Ices to the public Office in ORTH'S BUILDING. Residence at Mrs. CulUs', on Califomla-etreet. Apr23m3 A. 0. MATTHIAS. M. I)., DHYSICIAN AND SUEQEON. JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Special attention given to Purgery and diseases or Fe males. Office lu CITY DRLU &T0RE. May S3, 1674.tr. , PR. J. C. BELT, pHYSICIANAND STJEQEON, JACKSONVILLE, OEEQON. Having located in the town or Jacksonville tor the pur pose ot piactising&urgery and other branchM of my profession, I respvctlutly ask a portion or public i au nmage. CQl i ICE ecood door north or the U. B. Hotel. nov.u, ;:tr DENTISTRY, rR. W. JACKSOK. DENTIST, JACKSONVILLE. All styles of Plate 'Work made, inch as Uuld, SNrer, I'latlna. Alunimuni aud Rubber. Spial attention giii-nt'iCltiMrru's Teeth. Mitsui Uxirte (Laughing Gas) utMl fur nxiim rxtiftcf Ion of Tat-ita. afij-Will Tlstt AsbUnd annually on the lit of March; also, Ktrby t Ule un the fourth Monday iu Octuber. aCjT-Call antl Examine hpeelmen IVorlt. OFFICK-Comer of California and Fifth Streets. .Res tdence. opposite the Court Houm. dut30 T2yl. HOTELS. ETC. FRANCO-AMERICAN HOTEL AND RESTADRAM AND GENERAL STAGE HOUSE, Opposite Odd FellonV Hall, JACKSONVILLE OREGON. MADAME HOLT, Proprietress. TRAVELLERS AXD rTsiDEXT BOARDERSILL find the most annfurtable bulgtoc at this house to bo met with an j where in ibis part of the State. The Bes and Bedding Kill always be found of first class character and kept In a beat and clean condition, while The Rooms Are newly furnished and will always te kept In neat and humelike condition. A plentiful supply of the beat of every thing the market affords will be Spread ou Her Table. Her house will be kept open all night, and "SQUARE MEALS" can bo obtained at any hour of the day or night OYSTERS PREPARED IN EVERY STYLE. fo Andlnnchestobe'liad at any time. Stage passenger, and others who may be out late at night, can always find a god 11 re, hot meals and good beds at tliia house rS'o trouble will be ire4 to deserve the patronage of the travelling as well as the permanent community. Jan. 3. lSTUf Give me a calL BKKWKRJES. THE CITYJREWERY. VE1T SCHUTZ, Proprietor. TT WOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY IS, I farm the citizens of Jacksonville and the gg world at large, that they can find, at any time. at my Brewery, the best of lager beer, in any quantity the purchaser may desire. My honse is conve niently aitoated and my rooms are always In order. A visit will please you. JsulS. T0tf EAGLE BREWERY! JOSEPH WETTEEEE, rroprlctorr OregGBSt., JacltsoBTillc. rpiHE BEST OF LAOER BEER ALWARS js cepi on nana aaareaoyior sale ojuie KEG, GALLON, OR GLASS. seeing Is oe4eving. Give me a call and Judge for yocr ?rw nirrtycjjMe3r3:ra ji IS, litvtf JWOMABLY DIGNITY. Nature, which' has given weapons of assault or means of defense to almost j all living creatures, has made man au dacious and endowed 'woman-with dig nity. And dignity has the best of it. In tact, womanly dignity may be ac cepted as one among many explantions of'that legendary power which turned the bravest man into stone, and made the might of the strongest like water in the bones. What can any one do agninst it ? as well might try to pen etrate the armadillo's coat of mail by a needle, or make a hole in a pachy derm by a pop.gun, as fire a woman to passion or melt her to pity when she has oncu intrenched herself in the stronghold of her dignity. No argu ment can shake her, no reasoning con vince her ;despair dies away to quer ulousness, and the pleadings of loie it self fall dull and blunted from her Mately sell possession like so many toy shafts hurled g:ln-t a polished, im penetrable surface. Indeed, how can you rage iu anger, or abase yourself in entreaty, to a creature who is icily polite, loftily unmoved, not lobe goad ed into the smallest demonstration which would put her in the wrong and ;iveiyon advantage point against her, and whose calm eyes look at you with ;i kiml of superior 6orn whidh", while it maddens you, offers no point of at tack simply noilim?. ilie meaner of defense which Nature has given arp unassailable, and a dignified woman-is mistress ot the situation by the very power of negation, it by no other. But thertr are various kinds of dignity, and, if some are more exasperating than others, some are very lovely among the greatest charms ot woman hood. Tin re is in particular that soft dignity which belongs to woman wfio are afiVctionata hv nature and timid bv tiTtiniTiimeiit lnit wlirTTmvH rvarLu otselt-respectthat defends them against themselves as well as against oiheis. - The fact is, useful as womanly dig nity is us womanly possession, it can bo carried to excess, aud from a virtue become a vice. So long as it is au lion est defense work agninst the rough as.tBlory '" lhe 8alae 'amshed and dismal faults ot superior strength, it is both qood and fair; but when it assumes to be more than this, it bt-comes an "ex aggeration, and such, ridiculous. There is no law by which woman can be ex empt from a hare in the -troubles and sorrows ot human life ; and even their dignity can not always protect them Irom things that override all hut na lure. Still it is a valuable possession, and woman had better have too much ot it than too little; tor although "loo much of it renders them absurd, too little makes them contemptible, and between the two there is no doubt as to which is the worst. TEE EOHANCE OF A EESTAUEANr. A Chicago correspondent ot the Troy Times siys a bit of romance re cently came to his notice which has not before appeared in print. Some time in December last a girl about seventeen years ot age, v ho, at that time, was serving as table-waiter in a large dining restaurant, was arrested tor stealing atpackage of money from the pocket ot a gentleman's overcoat Inch was hanging in the room while he was eating dinner. At the prelimi nary examination a party awore to having seen her take the coat down and hang it up quickly again ; that she soon left the room for a short lime ; and, as the money was not to be found, she was held tor trial. In vain she pro tested that she merely moved the coat to avoid its gelling soild ; in vain with tearful eyes she offered lo be searched. The circumstances were suspicious, and the officers inexorable. Iu the mean time the gentleman who had lost the money became interested in her histo ry, found she was atf orphan girl, and, though comparatively friendless, bear ing an excellent character. Further than this, he ascertained she was ot English parentage, that her name was the same as his own, aud, to make the story short, irom evidence winch he could not disbelieve, that she was the daught er ot his own brother, whom he sup posed to have died childless in Austra lia several years ago. Ot course he declined prosecuting ber, and, as he is wealthy and without near kin, he at once arranged to take her home with him, on his return from the West, whither he was then en route. The. other day he, with his newly-adopted child so strangely brought to him, Btarted for ,New -York, whence they will eoon sail for England. PE0FJESS1ONAL BEGGING IN PARIS. The list of secret trades which swarm in- Paris will never be exhausted. There are, says a correspondent ot the London Times, speculators who have a regularly-organized system ot yonng beggars of both sexes. The boys are swarthy, dirty, ill-kept, barefooted.and fun after carriages asking for a sou to buy bread. In every qnarter there is an inspector, who watches them, stim ulates them, follows them, takes Lhe "money from them and punishes or re wards them. They come out now by day, now by night, and take their gains home to the speculator, who gets a pretty large profit out ot them. The girls better trained, better dressed offer matches or boqnets of violets for sale according to the season, or any other wares which may serve as a pre text to speak to passengers and as a justification in the eyes ot the police men. Generally these little girls are told off three to one beat, which is, as a rule, a boulevard or a long, street. They stand at a certain distance from each other, and offer their wares or re late a lamentable story in which a sick mother, starving children, and a piti- Uess landlord playing a verv active part. Being at a distance from each other they are each other's sentinel, tor if a policeman turns up at one end a signal warns the other two who have thus lime lo make off. I yesterday detrmined to see' what one ot these children could make on a tine spring afternoon when the people are returning from the races. For my investigation I took a walk on the -boulevard Ilaussmann, generally work ed by three ot these girls, and, after taking my precautions in order not to alarm lhem,-I inquired of allHho pass engers who gave alms to the girl along the route how much they had given. I lotind that between four and seven iu ille evening, ot 400 persons to whom "shc-har! 3ppHedr"l30bad- -jrtTcn her- something, for she accosted those who had not been undertaken by ber part ners. The total amount received from those 130 persons was fourteen francs, and when, my experiment being; ended, I drew nuar her, I heard' her tell her tone. .In these three hours she had lost ouly ten minutes eating in a cor nera piece of bread aud sucking a taffy stick. Sometimes it happens that a passenger asks her for the address of the wretched mother, the numerous children and the cruel landlord. That doi-s not jterplex her. She gives an address where everything is lound to be as she stales, for the manager ot the concern takes care lo organize the comedy at home as well as the show in the street. To Ouk Yoitng Mux. Young men are very apt to lack ambition, they wish to b smart, and think to become so, by learning to dress, smoke, talk nonsense and slang, hang around a dir- tp grog shop, or billiard hall. Then they have reached the heigbtb of their ambition, this is as high as they aspire, they are accomplished. Let this not be your aim in life ; strike higher and not throw your lite away on trifles. There is no surer way terrain, than to be ftcpeudeut, lo always look to some one else for support, especially in early -life. You should think that you are a jiower within yourselves, and your future success or failure, depend upou your own efforts. Do not excuse your idleness by saying yon must have some time to rest ; true, so you must, all work aud no play will not do, so when you play be in earnest and let it be ot the right sort. Do not rest yourselves by hanging around the streets, silting on dry goods boxes, or by shallow, low lived conversation. Learn to stand alone, fight for yourselves, stand firm amid the miny perilous temptations, have confidence in yourselves, in your strength ot body and soul. In lhe commencement build firm, lay well the foundation, leave no flaw, tor even one will break a chain. No one can form 'this structure for you, you must build it tor yourselves, build it with noble, pure, upright deeds. Tor your motto have honesty and industry; and in scribe on your banner, faith and perser verance. Don't be conceited, that is, yet above your level, you are just who you are, aud be no one else. Do not drink, smoke, swear, gamble, steal, or deceive, but be frank and generous. Let your characters be so formed that yon may gaze back into times passed, with a peaceful heart, and unruffled brow, on the fair structure -yon have built. x IRE BAOBAB. The baobab is' a plant pf monstrous size, the most colossal and the most an cient vr-getable monument on earth, has round woolly leaves, which con sists ot from three to seven- leaflets ra diating from a common centre, and giving them somewhat the appearance of a (land and magnificent while flow er. It is an enormous tree, holding among plants the place that the ele phant holds, among animals a hoary witness ot the last changes which the earth has undergone, and deluges that have buried beneath their waves the productions of early ages. Several baobabs that have been measured were found to be from seventy to seventy seven feet in circumference. From its branches hang, at times, colossal nets, three feet in length, and resembling large oval baskets open at the bottom and looking from the distance like so many signal flags. It would take fifteen men, with their arms extended, to embrace the trunk of one of these great trees, which, in the countries through which the Sen egal flows, are venerated as sacred monuments. Enormons branches arc given oil from the central stem a few feet from the ground and spread out horizontally, giving the tree a diameter of over 100 feet. "Each ot these branch es," says Mr. Danton, would be "a monster tree elsewhere, and taken to gether they seem to make up a forest rather that a tree." It is only at the age of 800 years that the baobabs attain their full size, and then cease to grow. Tho fruit ot this tree is oblong ; thoJ color of thd shell passes in ripening from green to yellow and brown. The fruit is called "monkey bread." It con tains a spongy substance, paler than chocolate, and filled with abundant jmce. lhe bark is ashy eray in color. and. almost an inchjn thickness. The ne groes ot the Senegal grind it down to powder, and iu this slate they use it to season their food, and to maintain a moderately tree perspiration, which en ables them the more easily to with stand the heat. It serves also as an antidote for certain "fevers. Wonders of Ytgttation. Wondktui. Memories. There was an idiot in Edinburgh, the son of a re spectable family, who had a re markable memory. He never failed to go to the kirk on Sunday, and on re turning home could repeat the sermon word for word, saying: "Here the minuter coughed. Here he stooped to blow his nose." Purine the tour we made in the Highland we met an other idiot who knew the Bible so per fectly that it you asked him where such a versa was to be found, h could tell without hesitation, and repeat the chapter. Thecommon people in Scot land at that time had a kind" of serious compassion for these harmless idiots, because ''the hand ot God was upon them." The wise as well as the foolish are sometimes endowed with a wonder ful memory. Dr. Gregory, an eminent Edinburgh physician, one of the clever. est and most agreeable men I ever met with, was a remarkable instance of this. He wrote and spoke Latin flu ently, and Somervillp, who was a good Latinist, met with a Litin quotation in some book he was reading, but not knowing from whence it was taken, asked hi Iriend, Dr. Gregory. "It is forty years since I read that author," said Dr. Gregory, "but I think you will find tne passage in the middle ot such a page." Somerville wentfor the book, and at the placo mentioned there it was. Care, rou the Eves. It is woll known to those who make it a business to sell glasses that the sight begins to fail about the fortieth year. The first sign Is a disposition to hold things at a distance to see them well, as in read ing. The circumstance may alarm one, thinking disease is surely npon him. Eyes are put out by false no tions upon this thing. Resort is often had to artificial helps, as globes, man. ipnlations, eye-washes, and perhaps salves. In the first place, the reader should ascertain whether bis age is not the natural cause. He Bhould then' procure a glass adapted to his sisrht. in such a waythat he can see easily and readily what he could not before. Such glasses preserve the sight by prevent ing the necessity ot straining; and glasses are always better than no aid at all. WITANDIIUilIOU. Charles Lamb, when speaking ot one of bis rides on horseback, remarked that "all at once his horso stopped, but he kept right on." A New York paper defines a "Jour, nalist" as a mn who spends the best days of his life in conferring -reputations on others and getting none him self. A bachelor at a banquet in Newcas tle gavo the following toast: "The women and coal of Durham County I Oh, how desolate would be the fire side without theml" Josh Billings says that "Diogenes hunted in the day time for an honest man, with a lantern. If ho had lived in these times, he would have needed the hedlite ot a locoraotiff." A shrewd old gentleman once said to his daughter, "Be sure, my dear, you never marry a poor man: but remember that the poorest man in the world is one that has money and noth ing else." A man who fell in to a vat of boiling lard, and got out a live, says it wm not an nupleasant sensation alter the first moment, but he thought what a queer shaped doughnut he would make. What relation is bread to a sewing raaohine? The mother. Why the mother ? Because bread is a necessity and a sewing machine is an invention, and necessity is tho mother of inven tion. A Canadian contemporary thus testi fies lo the value of advertising : "While the compositor of this journal was set. ting up an advertiaement for a lost ca. nary the bird flew in at the office win dow." "My dear boy," said a fond aunt to a very fast'livingTiephew, "don't you know that in leading this irregular life you are shortening your days?" "It's quite possible," was the cool reply, '"that I may be shortening my days, but then look how I lengthen my nights 1" A clergyman recently addressed his -female auditory as follows: "Be not U)ioud that the blessed Lord paid your sex me aisiingmsnea compliment of ap pearing first to a female after the resur rection, for it was only done that tha j;lad tidings might be spread all the sooner." Two deacons once disputing about a proposed new graveyard,one remarked: "I'll never be buried in that ground as long as I live !" "What an obstinate man 1" said the other. "It my life is spared, I will." . Aa Irishman meeting another, asked him what had become of a mutual tnend. "ATab, now, my dear hodey," answered he, "Paddy was condemned to be hanged, but be saved his life by dying in prision." A waiter in a Sj. Louis restaurant was asked lor a toothpick by one of the psttons he had jnst finished a bowl of oyster soup. uWhat do you want with a toothpick ?" queried the waiter, who -had cultivated consider able familiarity with all the customers. I want to pick an oyster from my teeth." 'h, no, you don't! There was'only one oyster in that soup, and I ate that on my way from the kitchen!" The following colloquy took plaoe between Counselor Sealingwarand a witness who "would talk back :" -Do 1 understand you to sav, sir thafr the prisoner is a thiel ?" "Yes, sir, 'cause why, she confessed she was." "And you also swear that she worked for you after this confession ?" 'Yes, sir." "then wo understand that you employ dishonest people to work for you, even aftrr their rascalities aro confessed to you?" "Of course, how else would I get assistance from a lawyer?" Belgium and the Abolition of Capital Punishment. Forty years ago, says the Manchester Examiner, for a period of five years, 1830 to 1834 inclusive, capital punishment was prao tically, althongh not by statute, abcl. ithed iu Belgium, and no execctiou took placo during that time. But in the next five years, ending 1839, tour executions were permitted to take place. But so far from this proving a means of increasing public security it was found that the number of murder had increased nearly fifty per cent, in the second period as compared with the first. Sinco this experiment Bel gium has almost entirely relinquished the infliction of capital punishment, and it appears with continued good success. A letter received a few weeks ago from M. Visschers, a member ot the Belgian Government, addressed to Mr. Tallack, the Secretary of the Howard Association, London, remarks: "The commission of grave crimes is everywhere diminishing in Belgium, and it is a noteworthy circumstance that for nearly eleven yean no execu tion hss taken nlse? in thii rwanrrv,' IaH ioo.o