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Tyn i ww UJ iimilBIMB Oregon sentinel Oregon sentinel r m.f. tf PUBLSHED WEDNESDAYS -- 3'H.J- ADVERTISING RATES. fr- JlCKSOmLLP. JACKSON COUNTY, flRfeCON FRANK KRAUSE, 0aesqnai lOllnes or less first Insertion.! S fid " " each snbsennaat Insertion l'.OQ -..................... ... , w " 6 - 10 00 One-fourth Column 3 months.... TS 0O " -a - s oo. One-half - s " in 00' -'JT'ERnS: ' " " a " ah n. tn eopr. Per Tear, Inndrnnre S3 50 I One Column 3 months ......r. 60 Ort ' " " .T....W. MOO A Discount o Yearly Ailvertlsera. $0 PER YEAR VOL. XXHI--NO. 45 JACKSONVILLE. OKEGON: NOVEMBER 20 IS78- j vHHL4 am wr V. w awJK. x ... a ' l vtA AW rm .A. hvy A .AW x eaaMflasf ry vMciA'vE: s& xts a . . 9 . irfci.-i-r' -ir itii mmi fea-iwg' -sssr- iBv rr-i t i M:7- iu ii us .Li i l xsHmxmF v, 1 1 i i 1 1 k i . f-5r . Nf 'v -r n vy sssapw- ?r 'Msj - y5 te y' xitv im' i a Mi' Sf "V W.' ,. .Bi57t.Jb . j r - I t PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W. ROBINSON, 3t D. pHYSICTAlY 'AND'SURQEOBT, jYcKCONYILLBf CnitGON". Office on Oregon St., next door to Kreutxer's bakery Residence at Dancan:f ' LrDANFORTU, M. D., ,iUTSI0fAN AND SURGEON rxi Jacksonville, ohegon. .KtUY Office'on California itreet, opposito'P. J. Ryan's toro. tain promptly nueaaea to, asy or nigut. G. II. AIKEN, M. D., DHYSICIAK AUD SURGEON, ' JACItSONVILLir, or.EQONr VarOIIco opposite-P. J. Ryan's store. l MARTIN YROOM AXM,,D. P' HYSICIAN AKD SURGEON, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON". J)r.VruomncomeN tiore with thn Intention of per. manenuy locnim;; lilntcll In tne prflrtle or mi proieion, 14 a gniluare, an I, Inun tn-enty tfvnyetnvxnm-fonei In Ine dieoax Ineident to hl4 Coast, n4tteraliiinHlf as being able to giro kneral attUfactt-m. Office at KahIor4Jlro- Drug Store. - ' VDlt.J0.'DEi-T, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, .. JACKBVJILE, ORGGOX, IItIrz locatM In tlie town of JarkwrniUe fr tti fnrpme of rartilnc Furper( and otlirr liranrli'a f niyUpmfnaiUn,' I reaprcl fully ask aiwrtlun or " pebllc pitnmage.-5 ' ' ' n. p. iiowici.r, A T T"5 RNEY-AT-LAW. H'K-ONvn.f.Rt mtS0Nr 4 A II ln.U4 ilvl In m lni..t.wl:l ri-cf-Unpmniiit att.ntloni; ay-Jplal attrnlloii gif-ikto c ll.c II. K. JIAN.VA, AT T 0 R N T, Y - A T - L A T7. Ami NOTARY I'UIILIi; 'JACKSONViM.n,'oi:Kfiox. Will rractlce In all the Cnrt of tlie tate. Pmniitt attention :tvii to all bnilii.4i fort in my uitv. A9Onke In Ortli'a brick buildlnr. J. S. IIOWAliD, AriNERAX SURVEYOR, r M JACKSSONVILLErtriOOS. J. 9. IIOWAIID, larlncl-ern duly appointed D. t Jlinpral Snnr-y r f ir the co'liitlci ofJarKson. Jtxf. phlne and Cnm,S late of Oregon lll mke or Bctal lurrcjl or mining, claims. V, V ''' WILL. JACKSON, Q E N'TIS'T, ' JACKSONVILLE, OKEGOM". TEETH EXItACTED AT ALL hours. Lanchlng (ru nd mlnlsteroil. If desired, for which extra J charzo will Ite niatle. ' . Office and residence on cornor.ufiCalifuroln and "Fifth streets.- ' ' -k" '' ' 3&-Jaw Y,., B. ETEAHNS. GIDDS & STEARNS, 'tmrKmmuM, fteS9( A 3 A TIUHMiSXS &HV UOUSiSLLORS, llooms 2 and '4 StrowbnJgci '8 Building, j.-rOUTLNB, Or.EGON. iTIU practice In all Ccnrts of Itcconl In the State of ureton and walishlngtou Territory; and pay jwr Xicular attention to business. In Fcdiral Courts. BEATTY PIANOS & ORGANS 1Loc.au agency. AM AGENT FOR TIIU CEU:BIUTED JL Ilcatty Piano and Organs for the coun ties of Jackson, Josephine, DougUs and Lake. Any one tftshing to pnrchaae one of lhbi! inptrumctita can transnet their htiMt:ca witli m. J'rlct Mtromely low. All wifliing a gooi "and chcap'pla'n'o Call und pee me.- SIRS.' D. F. DOWEL.!.. " . v. t3 DR, SPINNEY & CO.1? OX'iV-'i.il.UXO JL O, ;.- v. CVT-n-ty-i-r A t TCjrno No. Jl,...i... Kearney Steect TREATS ALL'CimONIOAJiD PRIVATE Dis eases wlthont tlie aid of mercury. ) .Office kours 9a.x. 10.12 k; 3 to S.and 8 to 9 T.H., , . UOrlBDLTATIOK RKK. .Sundays excepted. Consultationa free. Callor ;ad- oress ir. A. r. SPINNEr 00., K0.U. Kearney Iroet Ban Frandsca. J JA UNITED STATES. President E.B. IIlTrs. Vice President ,.VT. A. Wjir.rtlR. cretary ol State W. 51. Etibts. Secretary of the Treasury ...Jon's SnaBMAf. Secretary ofjtar Ittcntin W. Tiiostpsot Secretary of tire Nary .....CnARLca Dctcxs. Secretary of tlit Jliterior..... Cal Soicti. Attorney General Geo. TV. JIcObsbt. Postmaster General DaTiD M. Kit. U. S. SDritEME COURT. Chief Justice.... SI. It.Waite Associate Justices Ilnnt Clifford. Swayne, Miller, Saris, Field, Strong and Bradley. STATE OP OREGON. Cafitu SALEM, Marion Connty --a -S4. Borernor '.. W. TV. Thayer. Secretary f State '. P.. p. Earhart. iTreasRrer.....". 110.1, Ed. Hlrsch. state Printer ..m. ..w. ....... U.B.Carter. Circnlt Jnde (First Judicial District) P. P. Prim District Attorney " " " J.K.Neil JACKSON COUNTT: County Judge... ................. Filas J.Day. count, commissi ::":::::&ugS2: SherltT. , , Wm. Ilybce. Clerk K. D. Watson. Treasnrcr.. N.Fisher. Assessor,, i-.tl. C. Ooddard School Superintendent .1 J.D.Fountain. Snrveyor .. C. J. Howard. Coroner., r.. ...... a.; ;i .......Dr.A. C. Stanley. .' cockt armiias. Cir:uit Court Second Monday in February, Jnne and XoTember. Oounty Court First Monday In ach month. 2 TOWN OP JACICSONVII.1.E. Ip.tJnn.ProBideut. T.O.T. names J. Nun fin, Ka-pwr KnWI. Kewrriler U. 8. Harden Treasnrcr. Ilenrv Pape I&rthal.-f. A1 HelniR StreftCumnumtlooer Geo. II. Yoniic SOCIETY NOTICES. Oret;ntiiaii PocaliiuitnH Trilie. No.l.IMPROVKD OltDKIl OK KFD MEN, HOLDS lis Staled Conncils at th Ite.1 Men's Hall the third snn In CTrry seren sun-. In the eighth rnn. A cnnli. nllnrltatlon to attend Is extended to brothers In goitd standing. II. K. HannisC. of It. P. D. IVATSON. 8. Warren LiOtlcc No. IO, A r. AHD A. M, HOLD TIIEIIl C. tegnltr coinmilnlratlons ntt the Me.lnei"lar eTenlnua prfcm'.llnir the full moon, at JHi.ltot.Tli1r. Orecwn ltrothin In goo.1 standing aro !itlti-l to attend. a C. UUEKMA.V, W. M. Mx Moixtx, Secre'ary. Oresitn Ohntitf r iVa. 4. It. A. 1U, Trro' ds its iimn. .in Mfcrmiiiv tubs. .1 1 day eT.nlnf tinor bf re t!i- full in nii in each niontli.Vt 7 n'dltck. Compaul his In goo-l ataiolingare IiitIIoiI to attend. J.K.ISOSS.lllgh Prlert. J. n. Hl"iT, Serrrtiry. ' .Inrksonvillp !,nil;c IVo. IO. TO.O. K.HH.DSIT1 IIEGUI.IP. MKCTINGS . rery Svlnnlar rr-nliig. at W I Fell w' IU1I. Hrotliera In go-fl fttatelmg are Invited to attenl. ' K. KlUlI.I,.N.C. J. II. PtX", Itooinllng ?err.tary. In liR(itiU Stain in -ST fO. U. U. O.K.M., HOLDS ITS IlKfiULArt I siin.lt' c er.rr Tlmrxlir erenlng at Odd rilfowa'IUil. Druthers Iiign.Istaudiiii are Invit ed tonltcnd. E.JACOn.',0. C. 3iax Vuller.lt.?. Klltil Ilfbrlt.ltl innr.E imon r.n, 4,1. 0. o. p.. ikilps I Its Uirnlar meetings on en other Monde .rrninc. at.Kll Irll ' Hull. Members In gr..l . ninVtig aru Invite 1 to attend. Mils Mht. Mttirx. X. O. Ricum. llsutn, I'.ecorl!uocritary. Tabic Rork Knranipinrnt A'o. 10. 1. 1). II. F. Ilultlt tin rrtniUr acsAjmii In H Ul AM KlI-.u.' IluiU ip. In JncViKiiTilk. Oregon, In llie 'i aiiJ Jlli Tt.s1ii- Sa cTPiiinc of omcIi ami vrv mouth. All jnrninic Pniiiarch aro corUUllj lu tiIlJ to iuet Ith ni( S1IAS J. Day. C. P. Kaspek KiBLi.ScrUo. " J. W. RIUGS, PHOTOGRAPH & FERROTYPE GALLERY. ASHLAND OREGON. T AM' NOW PERMANI NTIA' LOfJATED L in,tlii? city., and nil bi-t furor me with their patronage I will gitaraiitee to r;:e rai is'action My motto i- to live and let live price to stilt the tiuatp.. I am alfo preparwl to do outdnur vork lalijog landscapes, pri vate rifidences etc.. Call and see specimens of pictures taken in all hibdt of wiuthcr. J. W. It. CALIFORNIA ST., ? ?WEBB S McDANIEL. 'PUIS POPULAR R1S0RT, UNDER JL new- tnanaguni'Dt, is fiirnishinp; the best brands ol liquor?, wins cud cigars. The reading table is sttpplitd with Eastern peri odicals aud lc.idiug pajiers of the Coast. Give us a cull. GITY .MABEET, , . OALIFORNIA ST., WILLIAM BYBEE, -- Propnetor. rUlig WELL-KNOWN MARKET, OPPO Ljfite Kahlur & Iiro.'s drnir-etore is bet ter prepared than ever to furnUh the pub Vic will; Ihc choicest quality or ' FRES1I BEEF, PORK, VEAL, '- ' MUTTON, HAM, tic 1.0, ii. ,- . ,SALT MEATS, BACON, Superior, SxUSAGE, LARD ETC., The most favorable Inducements offered to patrons. nod no effort will be spared to ward giving general eatlsfnctton. WM: BTBEE QENEKAI. DIRECTOR. I'oUUctii ft'cusatlon in eir 1 ork. New York November 9th. Purcell, editor of the Rochester "Union," and Chaiarman of the Democratic State Central Cdm'mittee, has created a gen nine political sensation, by a published article attributintr last Tuesday's Democratic defeats principally to the disclosure of the cipher correspondence which Purcell says implicated certain Democratic leaders in a conspiracy to bribe and buy Electors in the late Presidential contest, and press the, charge" of conspiracy up to the very threshold of the Democratic candidate for the presidency. These lost to the Democratic party the great advantago tho cry of "fraud" accomplished in the actual counting in of Hayes, by pre senting a prima facie case of fraud attempted in an unsuccessfnl effort of men in the closest family, personal and political relations to the Democratic candidate to do the samo. for him. This, he says, lost New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey three States which gave Tilden and Hendrics fifty electoral votes. The article concludes: " The future of the Democratic party demands that the charge of fraud at tempted to bo made by the" Republican press against men in representative positions in the Democratic party shall be promptly met by the Democratic House of tho present congress when it reassembles, and investigated to the end that the men implicated in it shall be either proved guilty and condemn ed, or proven innocent and acquitted In any event, tho Democratic party must bo viiutica'ted, and must wash its bands of nil taint of attempted, as i ell as put its foo upon all fraud ac complished. m " Tlie Iuirstlsallns Committer. The Galloway investigating commit tees returned to Salem the other day from Eugene city, -where tht-y went to take importaut testimony in rcgaitl to the management of swamp land affairs. It is reported that many ugty transac tions were discovered, in which Chad wich and Canu figure prominently all pertaiuiug to swamp land business. It is feared that thoho discoveries will place tho two C.'s on tho "ragged edge." One item is mentioned in the swamp land management. Jo3. Gaston "filed'' on "Wapato Lake, the most Valuable swamp land in tlie State. Frank Stott and a Mr. Wagoner tried to homestead the land, and began suits in the Circuit Court of Yamhill county to have Gas ton's claim adjudged groundless. The case was earned to the Supreme Court aud gained by Gaston. Although the State was in no way a party to the suits, Gaston was allowed bixteen hundred dollars as counsel" fees iu the easel Chadwick is also accused of drawins: money as attorney fees in swamp land cases. The accounts of Hcndershott and McConias, Registers of the La Grande land office, aro to be looked in to. Tho Galloway committee seems to be attending to biz. General Sherman was recently in Ar izona. At Prescott the citizens gave him a ball, every one who subscribed 10 being entitled to admission. An army officer, jwho was one of the three or four hundred, says that "Ln the midst-of the joyous dance a miner, a hardy son of toil, and unkempt hair, soiledace and hands v and the usual miner outfit, trousers in his boots, in shirt sleeves, a belt filled with cartridg es, pistol and knife appioached tho en trance door and said to the attendant: 'See here, my friend, how much does it cost to get into this layout' Ten dollars,' replied the attendant. 'Does that give a feller the right to go in and shake hands with General Sherman!" 'Certainly, 'was the reply. Ten dollars goes,' said tho miner, and handed the attendant a ten dollar bill he entered the ballroom. He wended his way carefully through the crowd, avoiding the ladies' trains as deftly as could have done any one of your German leaders, approached the General and said: 'General Sherman. I merely want to shako your hand. X fought under you in the march to tho sea,' and turned and left tho room imme diately. Special Dispatch to the "Bee:" Umatilla, Novembers. Captain Baughman, vho was indict ed for murder in the second degree for the killing of Pat Whalen, was tried at Pendleton and acquitted by tho jury yesterday afternoon. The Boarding House I'lano. A piano in the average boarding house is a source of great fun to any one -who sits in the corner and look on. There is always a youth, very thin, who parts his hair in tho middle, or who lets it run to seed all over his head, -who is "musical," and plays tho flute, that-is1, blows into it so furiously you wonder his insides don't como out, and tho flute sends forth wailing sounds, as if it did not like much hot-air pres sure. Then there is tho young lady who is on the lookout for a masculine half, antl"'who'?'dotes" on music, and when playing resemble a flock of sheep going over a fence. When these two play "duetts' together, it is enough to make a man with a Chineso fiddle go out in a back yard and weep. There is the man that makes a noise that would do credit to a first-class lion; ho is a bass singer, and -when he performs you want to clinch your toes firmly to tho rounds of your chair, and hold firmly on to its sides with your hands. The tenor is a youth with a mowed head of hair, who chews peppermint drops and warbles fourth semtimental ditties in a husky, uncertain manner. There is tho young lady who does not "sing any Eng lish excepting Kathleen Mavournecn," and she might as well sing that in Choc taw for all you understand of it. Her Italian pronunciation is such as to make a native hunt a good ravine to die in. She affects bravura songs of the most in tense character, and when she runs up and down a scale, you are reminded of some one falling down stairs; her trills make you shudder and gently say to yourself that Clara Louisa could not have done it worse. Sho tells you that her friends wanted her to go on the oper atic stage, but "paw and ma prefcred to cultivated her for tho parlor." This causes you to think that her "friends" wanted to get her where they could not hear her unless they paid, "being sure in their own minds that they would never be guilty of that folly. She sometimes sings "Within a Mile Edinboro Town" and gets just about a mile off tho upper Orivi:. lrn. The Portland '-Telegram" says: The samples of iron from the Oswego mines, on exhibition at the Mechanics' Fair, liavo been inspected by several visitors, whose cxperienco in handling iron and iron ores in the Eastern States has been quite extensive. The all agree that so far as they are able to judge of its mer its, without actual tests, its quality is fully equal to the best iron found in the United States. When it is remem bered tliat thousands of tons of iron and iron implements, took and machinery aro annually brought to this State from the East and from Europe, tho large "sums of money that might bo saved to Oregon by the complete development of her resources in this direction, and the establishment of manufactures to work up tho wealth now hidden and useless in tlie- hills around Oswego, can be per ceived. The valuable population that would be drawn hither by tho demand for skilled labor is also no small factor in summing up the benefits that would accrue from tho full inauguration of the enterprise to develop the iron w ealth of Orejron. Yreka "Journal:" Tlie river mining on the -Klamath has been paj'ing better this season than ever before, every company having been doing well all the way from the mouth of Humbug down to Oak Bar and Humbug Bar, below the the mouth of Scott river. The com panies interested have been taking out from 75 to 123 ounces or moro per week, and will continue to do even bet ter, unless heavy storms cause a riso in the stream to drive them out. The general supposition is that wo may have a light winter in consequence of last winter being such a stormy one, in which case the miners may bo able to continue operations until later than usual, or probably all winter. If such should bo tho case, the gold yield will certainly be the greatest ever realized on this stream during any one season. Tho breakwater constructed" at the mouth of the Coquillo river,, last sum mer, under the superintendence to Capt. Parker, by subscriptions oft citizens of that section, is having a beneficial ten dency. Already the water is being forced toward tho old channel, and it is thought that by extending tho work the current will re-establish tho chanr ucl of 1853. This-would render navi gation safe and comparatively easy. T9JI P.UMTS CSELD. Tom Paind is generally held to have been an atheist, without tho slightest veneration or regard ior religion. To those who hold this belief it may bo of interest to learn what his real opinions Were on this subject The following is his confession of faith: "I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believo the equality of man, and I befieve that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving 'mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures, happy. Bat some perhaps, will say, aro we to havo no word of God no revelation? I answer, Yes; there is a word of God there is a revelation. Tho word of God is the Creation we behold; and it is this word, which no human ivention can counter feit or alter, that God spcaketh univer sally to man. It preaches to all nations and to all worlds; and this word of God reveals to man nil that is necessary for man to know of God. Do wo want to contemplate His power? Wo see it in the immensity of tho creation. Do we want-to contemplate His wisdom? Wo see it in the unchangeable order by which tho incomprehensible whole is governed. Do we want to contemplate His munificence? We see it in the abundance with which Ho fills tho earth. Do wo want to contemplate nis mercy? We seeit in not withholding that abund ncneevenfrom tho unthankful, lnfine, do wo want to know what God is? Search not the book called the Scriptures, which any human hand might make, but tho scriptures called tho creation.' As Attempt to Make It Rain. A gentleman who resides near Boydton, Virginia, has aspired to a new science that oflontrolling the clouds in or der to cause it to rain at will. With a view of attaining this end ho built a. "raiu tower," which novel structure is said to bo 30 feet in diameter at the base, which size it retains to tho height of forty feet. To this height it con tains four flues, each seven feet in diameter. The number of flues is then reduce 1 to two, which run up twen ty feet higher, the top of tho structure "reaching the attitude of sixty feet. The whole concern was erected at the cost of 1,000. Tho modus operandi of causing rain to fall is as follows: Tho flues are filled with dry pine wood which is set on fire, and which is kept up until the desired effect is produced upon the elements. His theory is that the great heat produced in the air above tho "tower" will cause the clouds to concentrate over it, w hen plenty of rain will fall in that vicinity. Tho originator of this novel idea is said to be a firm believer in tho practicability and utility of his invention, notwith standing the fact that after repeated trials, during which he consumed hun dreds of cords of wood, his tower failed to produce the desired effect from the unpropitious heavens, ho having been a great sufferer from drought during tho entire spring and summer 4 - Tbe Ihlnrhc 3!uU Uo. It is reported that on Saturday at Oregon City a company of eight or ten men, armed with knives and pistols, met tho Chinese operatives as they came from tho Woolen Mills, and assaulted them. The Chinese resisted tho assault with such weapons of defense as they could command, somo of them being armed. In a ihort time the numbers' increased on both sides until somo twen ty whites and sixty Chinamen were en gaged. Several on both side were se verely hurt. Ono Chinaman received a pistol shot which it is thought will prove fatal. The riot was finally quell ed by the authorities, but fears are en tertained of a renewal at an early day. Tlie U. S. .Minister at Paris reports concerning the Exposition now draw ing to a close, that in many respects it is tho greatest one ever held, and lcflects tho highest credit on the French Re public for being able, m the presenco of so much general depression, to make so magnificent a display. Tlie minister says we have just reason to bo proud of the American exhibit, although it was not as large as it should havo been, had the iuyitation'of th(Jj French Gov ernment been accepted sooner and the Congressional appropriation been more liberal. As it is, the United States will bear off more prizes, according to the number of exhibitors, than any other country. They will take seven or eight grand prizes, and a large num ber of gold, silver and bronzo medals, A Strange Jllstal.e. Somo time sinco a disturbance oc curred in tho famous Rooster Rock settlement between a man named Wm. H. Allison and Charles Littlepago. The former assulted tho latter with a rifle and camo near sending him across the river. In dlie time tho matter was brought beforo the grand jury aud an indictment of assault with a dangerous weapon found against Allison, but tho assaulted was written Charles Little Pago. Yesterday the case was called beforo Judge Bellinger, and nearly 40 witnesses had been sumnloned. The defense engaged Jtfr. Edward Menden hall as counsel, who took the indict ment, read it over, and discovered the mistake at once. Tho jury was in their seats and tho first witness called, who sworo that tho person assaulted was Charles Littlepage, instead of that found in tho indictment Tho attornoy at onco moved for a dismissal of tlie case, which was granted, tho judge instructing tho jury to remain in their seats and render a verdict of acquittal, as the error made by tho grand jury was fatal in its character and tho defendent must bo set at liberty, which was done. This is tlie first instance of tho kind that ha3 over occurred in Oregon and is ono of in terest to tho legal fraternity. Tho grand jury will havo another trial at tho name Littlepago in all probability this session. Knlslon Still Lit rt. A Walla Walla paper publishes tho following, which savors strongly of sensation: "W. C. Ralston, well remembered by many as the president of tho Bank of California when it 'busted,' is not dead as reported, but alive and snugly situated on a pretty little island in tho south of Europe. That drowning scene, so we1rcTTactetr the coroners inquest and fnneral, were all a well matured delusion and would have como off. two days sooner, could they havo agreed upon tho price of a subject, (a corpse) which so much re sembled the banker as to deceive thoso so systematically whom it was calculat ed to deceive. Somo may naturally inquire, how do wo khowthis? Of course w o could not swear to it, but our in formation is derived frem a source which' is reliable. A prominent phy sician in San Francesco was tho sole keeper of tins great secret up to last Christmas when ho becamo jubilant over tho receipt of a largo sum of mon ey and divulged tho secret to a friend whom he afterwards assisted with some of tho money received, and that man is now a highly respected citizen of this city. Call this a sensation or a big hoax; we call it a cold fact if true." It sounds to us like another J. Wilkes Booth sensation. Of tho 800 persons submerged in tho river Thames by the Princess Alice disaster, scarcely a dozen saved their lives by swimming. Tho reason is thafc at that place the river is a little better than a mass of sewage. It regularly carries away the liquid refuse of Lon don, and at the instant of the collision there was being poured into it near the fatal spot the contents of two great cesspools. The immediate effect of immcrseing a person in sewage, say the chemists, is asphyxia, and tho 800 excursionists must havo become numb, and incapable of any effort The bod ies, when recovered, had undergone strango changes. Indentification was difficult. Clothing had changed color, and decomposition had been swift Everything pointed to tho action of some pow erf ul chemical substance. It is said that John Jacob Astor was greatly pleased with -Washington Irving's "Astoria," and frequently offered him favors, which were invaria bly declined, because he did not want to be under obligations to a man of such great wealth. When making his will, Astor asked Irving if ho would not accept a legacy, but that, too, was at onco declined. Irving was made ono of tho executors, however, and his fee exceeded anything that he had re ceived for any of his works except tho "Life of Columbus." Tho letter was by far the most profitable of all Amer ican books up to its day of publication. Tho American publisher paid Irving 3,000 for that work, but ho received from Murray, tho English publisher, 35,000. Tho average daily cut of timber at Port Gamble amounts to 1G0,000, feet. Thing llorth knovrluif. 1. That fish may bo scaled much easier by dipping into boiling water about a minute. 2. That fish may as well bo scaled, if desired, before packing down in salt; though, in that case, do not scald them. 3. Salt fish aro quickest and best freshened by soaking in sour milk. 4. ThafL milk which is turned of changed may bo sweetened ary,,rciH" tiered fitforuso again, by stirring itf a littlo soda. 5. That salt will curdlo novr milk hence, in prepairing' milk porridge, gravies, eta, tho salt should not bo add ed until tho dish is prepared. C. That fresh meat, after begbluW to sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors in tho cool over night. 7. That clear boiling water will- re move tea stains and many fruiti stains'. Pour the water through thcstauvand thus prevent its spreading over tho fabric. 8. That ripo tomatoes will removd ink and other stains from white cloth; also, from tho hands. 9. That a teaspoon of turpentine boiled with your white clothes will aid tho whitening process. 10. That boiled starch is much im. proved by tho addition of a littlo sperm or a littlo salt, or both, or a littlo gum Arabic desolvcd. 11. That beeswax and salt will mako your flat-irons fts clean and smooth as glass. Tio a lump of .wax in a rag, then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt 12. That blue ointment and kero sene, niixcu in equal proportions, and applied to bed-steads, is an unfailing bed bug remedy; and that a coat of whitewash is ditto for tho walls of a log house. 13 That keroseno will soften boots or shoes wliicJi havoTTceirTiartli.Ja by watcr, and rondcr them as pliablo as new. 11. That kcrcscno will make tin teakettles as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag with and rub with it. It will also removo stains from clean varnished furniture. "Exchange." Cam. Bauciiiman's Trial Tho fol lowingisfrom thePendletonpaperof tho 9th: "Tho trial of Capt. Baughman for tho killing of Pat Whalen is over. It has been tho principal topic of conver sation on our streets sinco tho com mencement of tho court. Somo ill informed pcoplo had concluded that ho (Baughman) was guilty, as charged in tho indictment, never stopped to think that only one sido of a case is ever presented to a jury. Tho jury impan neled in tho caso was among tho most prominent citizens of Umitilla county. Tho state exhausted all their challenges in tho case, while Eaughman challenged very few, leaving a margin of fivo or six if ho wanted to avail himself of technicalities. Wo aro satisfied that tho witnesses gave their testimony fair ly. Sometimes it beemed as though somo would liko to convict for ven geance, instead that tho rights and lib erties of defendent should bo respected, though wo are, as wo said before, satis fied that what they sworo to was tho truth as they understood it Capt. Baughman after having passed through the ordeal of a trial comes out unscath ed; the jury declared ho did his duty nothing more. In the discharged of Jiisduty Whalen was killed. He is exenorated from all blame by a jury of his countrymen, and wo cannot help but congratulate him in having been tried by a good, honest, sensible jury The First WiiiteMax ox Americas Soil. A writer in tho "Jewish Mes senger" c.te3 Alexander' von Hum boldt's "Cosmos" as an authority for a claim that a Jew was tho first white man who set foot on American soil. Tho Jew, however, had been baptized. In a note in volume 11, chapter vL Humboldt relates that, on Eis first ex pedition, Columbus, when approaching tho islands of Cuba, believed himself to be between two Chinese poris. Desir ing to hand the letters which ho pos sessed from tho European mbnarchs to tho "great Chan of Moguls" in Chi na, and then return to Spainfho "sends a baptized Jew, Louis do -Torres by name, to tho shore, because ho under stands tho Hebrew, the'Chaldac, and somo Arabic, thoso languages being used in all tho mercantile places of Asia." EH 1 02.2