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tp-sv -'S3V?'''T Oregon sentinel OREGON SENTINEL PUBLSHED WEDNESDAYS AT ICKSONYILIB. JACISOX COUNTY, 8RBG0X BT PRANK KRATJSB, ADVERTISING RATES. Oae iqoai; lOltaei or lew first (asertlon.7 $ 3 00 " each subsequent Insertion 1 00 " 2 months. 7 00 B ' tO CO One-fourth Colnmn 3 months TS 00 " i 33 00 One-half 3 30 00 ft 45 M SO 0, 80 H TERMS: One Copr. Per Year, In ndvsmce, 83 30 f! One Colnmn 3 months.. 6 " .., A Discount lo Yearly Al-rertlser. Vol. xxiii-no. 52. JACKSONVILLE. OEESONf "JANUARY 8. 1879- $3 PER YEAR - wttQOtl J J PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. W. ROBINSON, 31. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, jACKsoNm-un, oregoh. Dfllca on Oregon St, next door to Kreutier's bakery Residence At Duncan's. &RS. DR. ELL'AHFbRD'ROBINSON, jrACKiowitt.Etoni:Goaf,4ii(pi. blSEASES OF WOMEN k Specialty. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE AT Judge Duncan's. L. DAN FORTH, M. D., pnYSICIAN AND SURGEON JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. OSlei on California street, oppo.ite P. J. Rysn's store. Calls promptly attended to, day or night. G. H. AIKEN. M. D., DHYSICIAN AND SU3GE0X, JACKSONVILLE, OREOON. C&O.Tiee opposite T. J. Ryan's store. Martin yrooman, m. d. dhysiciati and stjsgzo"!", JACKSONVILLE, OIIEGOX. Dr.Tr.ii-in eo-nn hire with the Intention of per. meneitly Ucitinc hipitelf In the prertlse of mi priIMi, 1 a -cra-loii, eno. Jrom teeity-ev-nver iip-risi-ei In the dl.et'ei Inclueut to this CMt, fiaUrrnhlmttlf as beliii; able to give Ceneral eatl. faction. U3n at Kahler A Bra's Drug Storo. DR. i. C. V.EI.T, XTMClr.2S AltBMTaaXQN, itrrsii'svi!!.!', orfc-ik. !H'r '--i--l In tv-i .li-V-"::- f-r t'.e eee" nriet'.Ur- ?nrrT -- - h-Ji. ' -T p"'eU'i. I r-pei.-tfi:l! e-V a portion w eitlis ;Mriii.ge. r.. n. AUTERirrrn, l iiuan.it'Uw. JACKSOMTIl.I.B, OSKnOJt. ITIIer't'lre In 11 tVoC-r'. f ! Plt. IWlf ttetfea jcW'i " all h'i".f lft la my carr. JtrOSSce lu Orlh'e hr.'ct bulldmj. R. F. DOWKI.T. ATTORNSY-AT-LAW, Jacksoni-im.k, okegox. Ilhnilne.s placed l-i my hand' will recelrejironpt attention. 4-fpec!al attention giren tu cvllec tlena. J S. HOWARD, IN SEAL SURVEYOR, JACKONVII.I,K, OIIKGON'. J. S. HOWARD, iMTtnghern dnly appointed V. S. Mlnoral Surveyor fir tlte ponntie of JacKa'n, Joie. phtue and Curry, State nf Oregon vtill ninKe of ficial snrTeys of mining clalrus. WILL. JACKSON", HENTIST, JACKSONVILLE, OUEGON. ,) n. rriErTH EXPECTED AT ALL JfcgSKSL !i"i. Littghlng can ftd (rrlWiilnitcrrl,lfdeiiol,for which extra i 11 I Jcharg villi b maile. OHlce and renideuc on corner of Callf.trnla nnd riflh streets. BERTHOLD ROSTSL, At: SURGEON of Ihc Gcrmun Army AND PROFESSIONAL HAIR-CUTTER, IN ORTH'S EUILDING, Jacksonville, ------ Oregon. aj-Tho Trcatmeut of Cfiroali' Cases Made a Specialty. A C. Ginn. I.. B. TKARN. GIBBS A STEARNS. A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, Rooms 2 and 4 Strowbriilge's Building, TOUTLAND, OREGON. VVlll prartlee In all frnrts of Rocnrd Id Ihc State of Oregon anil vianiiinstn lerriiorv: ana pay par ticular attention to business In Federal Courts. N 3E"V7T G-TT3ST-S MADE tt ordk aua rrpairlni; prnrerv qoneuy Miibctui GENERAL DIRECTORS OKITED STATES. Pretldent R.B. IUtej. Vice President TV. A. Wntxt.tR, --ecrctary ot State. ... V, M. Etats. Secrctiry of the Treasury:. t-, Jets Sbeiijus. Secretary of War RtCnisD W. Tnc-'itios Secretary of the Nary Cninits Dma Secret'- of the Interior ,...CRi Schci. Attorney General Ota. W.McCiutT. Pottmaiter General DiYTO M, Kir. TJ. S. SUPRBME COURT. Chief Jnstlce M.R.Walte i-uoclate Jlittlrei Hnnt Clifford, 5rayn, Miliar, if- ustis, irieia, strong ana uraaicy. mt Jt. '8XATiioc?,''nn?i:n u CariTtt SALEM, Marlon Connty dovernor V. W. Thayer. Secretary of State r..r Karhart. Treasurer .Ed. Itlrsrh. State Printer W. B. Carter. Circuit Jndge (Flrrt Jndlclal DUtrict) r. P. Prim Dutrlct Attoruer " " " J.R.Nell JACKSOS COUNTT: Connty Jndge 1...1 fil' J. Pit. Coonty Comnl,.l.er. ll-lllllllgSfiSSZ: Sheriff..::: VTm.Itjbee. Clerk E. B-Wafor. Treamtrer N. nher. Ateeror Tl. C. OodJard school Superintendent J I. 1'fflintRln. Sarreyor C. J. Howeid. Coroner Dr.A. C. Stanley. COOT SITTINOS. Clrcnlt Court Second Jlonday In Pehrnary, June and Novcmter. Connty Court Vint Monday in each month. tows or aAciisoxvii.t-E. ( P. Unn. Pr-lJent. T.tt. Keamet N. Iincell. J. Knnan, Ka.pi-r KnMI. ; n. .. Hivdn Henry Pre , j. Ad Itrfral tJeo. II. Yoo lig Trnktees. fternrder Treasnrer. Mar.li&l Street Commlsloner. SOCIETY NOTICE. Ort-irfmtnn Poralsoim TrUjp. No.l.IJIPSlOVEO OIIDER OF Pr'l MKS. HOLDS lie Ctated Cnnnclla at the Red Mrn'a Hall Hie tblnl rnn H every (eti enri4. In the eighth run. A cordi al Inrttotl-n to attelid Is extended to brothers In ROM tjl?fflli. II. K. Hanna.C. o! It. E. B. 'VrATSON'. S. - Vnrron IoiIkp No. 10, AT. ASb , A..M, HOLD TTEIil o fwe1ta.f rnmmtiiilpall.ini . (!& neaneday renhips prrcerdinc: th full moon, at Jacli.nIUe, Orcgen. Brelhl.n Itl - .-.,--. f.BBae..(art 'ii 7 af AA CKl rtandlcgsro Itmtel tnrttei.d. C.C BCEKMA..V, VT. M. Mr Mct.:is. Pecrelary. Oton Ohni1rr K.o. 4. U. A. M, TT-OI EC ITS I1M0HH MIXTI0 OV TCE5- l dar .TtrnlHcol or bef re In f.ill pi ion lu rh Pionlh. at 7:39 o'clock, CoinpauMtf l.i jooj ilsgate intllei lo etlcnl. j r.. i;os, nigh pijc-t. J. Tl llr , Fe-Telir. .Irchsti7l!ir l.o-?se- Nn. H T o.o. r-intps it KKr.EM: vynTiNni I . rr aW.av nlHg at VJ Ve'lowi 11.11. ......., 4, ,..Ua eaj-aeaaa-a-fc.LJi. -jj-'i. ?n.iiJ. DT,Setfry. InrkuowvUle Ktinu -V'ro.us. u. o.u M., noma iti ksiioi.aii t ( tre.llnts evry Tbnr.Uv .-,.,,t, t o,j Vt'.Uv,- H;i. Eruthsjs lu; I.i.nJ-.f ar. ,it. dtoalteod. X. JC0B1.f, o. Mex Mailer. P.. 8. ' r-E0REK WWIR SO, 1,1. 0. 0. F., I11I.P1 .i,lts rttxliir meeting on tr-i nher Stitm'ay evening t O.W Tali . 11,1!. u-ulbor. In r-i s:ani!ing are Invited to atteid. MRiMiiT.Miu.if. X.O. Rachkl Fisnsn, Recording Perretary. Tabic Rotk Encsmpairni ilo. 18. . 0. n. F. -"A- JiTi. " d "'en'ar srMion. fin JS. J ' & ,u .mvmii.10, .jrexii, aK-;? 111 ins in an.l iji Tuelny creriititri nf itrh mi..1 a.v fii-'m. All t..jonrniii; lV.ritidi are cuidklly In Tiled to ui.et v Itli ll(, SILAS J.Diy.O.l'. Eisnn !ictii. Scribe. giaiam-o-iavs.'3giiJix.iiBei a J. Mr. IUGGS, PIIOTOGEAFH & FEHROTYPB GALLERY. ASHLAHD OREQONf T AM NOW riT.MAXENTIiY LOCATED I in llila city. Ri'i nil that l.tvnr rn; rrith ihoirpatroimuc I vriil gnarnntre to pire mi-tp-aclion. My mot'u i- to llvi" Hnd l-i iirr prlrei to Rnil Ihc lirn-". I am al-.ii (ireparfd lo do nnldtmr noik labiag landi-sujic, pri vate re.'id'ncc'i t.(c.. Call and fcb r.)ccimi.'n of piclurcs tVtn in allkitJili of TTtntiuT. J. V. R. DH, SFINNBY & CO., SPECrALilSTS, No. 11, Krakxet SrnGET TTtEAT1-ALL CHROXIO AND PRIVATE DIS- enes withont the aid of mercury. Odcehours 0 I.M. tO 12 ; 2 to 6 and 6 to 9 P. K., OONFt'LT-iTlntl FrtKR. undars excepto.1. Con.nltatloni free. Ca'llor ad dress Dr. A P SI'I.NWKr A CO., Jlo.ll. Kearney traet San Francisco. CITY MAEEIT, CALIFORNIA sr , WILLIAM BYJBEE, - Proprietor- rUIS WELL KNOWN MARKI5T, OrPO Ite Kahlcr & Bro.'s drnir.t.Mre e lift tcr prepared than ever (o furnib th ub lic with the choicest qualify of FHESII BEEF, FORK, "VEAL, MUTTON, II AM, - SALT MEATS, i ' BACON, rujier"or SAUSAGE, LARD; ETC., The most fuvorulilc ttidiicnnrnla off: red to patrons, ad no i ffort will be ypartd to ward giving ECI-t;'"'l-'--'i!-f'.,lo. W.M. LYBEE B ORSE,riisr, sash, scrubbixo- i 4 UJctir.g uruie . b!J-ijr.g bruiees at JOHN MILLER. I STILL ex THE TKAMP. We feel it our duty to beg tho par don of our readers, for not continuing our travels as promised in our last. The reason we feel is sufficient and we will not worrj our readers by giving it. We will clinib an elevated point oa the "Devil's Garden" tnd surroy the country around us. spraguk river yallkt Lies before us. tyiai kling with the Chis ;f a Wliiicrtiijbrniri'g.'sfarirl 'liaiJ a direction nearly bast and west. Its length is near forty miles, its width varying from two to five. The moun tains on all sides are well-wooded with tho ever-present evergreens, common to Oregon forests, and swarming with the usual inhabitants- deer, bear, wild cats and panthers. The high, rocky, snow-clad mountain to the north-east separates this from Summer Lake val ley, and, as seen from here, looks as though it might be the abode of moun tain monsters and its hislory plethoric with the stories of Indian romance. However, we do not feel poetic or very imaginative, and will not try to clothe it with mystery, or paint a history for it in gaudy colors, of what may have been. Further west, tho mountains bounding the valley on the north, are more distant, less pretentious in height, not so rough or rugged, and meet the distant horizon in a long line of dart blue. To the south the devil's gap.des LPresents a very uninviting prospect of rocks and juniper, nd our description of it would be as uninteresting as the garden itself: besides, wo do not care to be considered a tresspasser on the grounds of his satania majesty, or pro vufco a. personal interview vith him. In short "tho lev: you have to do or meddle with him, the more it is for your honffcty." Coursing along the west base of this h I-patcli, is a , ing its retiree in the tnr-uncaSn-; to the fouth, runs in a northern direction, aiU, nrm'iy, loses itself in the swamp? of tho vulley, wiieh the traveler will ever rVmcfnl-f-r, if his business ca'.ls him in this direction in the spring of tha year. Here is work which should occupy the attention of our County Board, and the enterpri?e of 6ur citi zens. Money could not be better r.jvnt than in making a good road across this stream, or slough. It would be a measure reformatory of morals, too, for no bipod", with tho power of speech and an inclination to profanity, can cross this slough of despond in the spring, or early summer, without utter ing such exclamations, ejaculations and epithets, as plcaseth the ear of his Sa tanic majesty over there in the Gar den. Again but it is not our busi ness to throw mud, so we'll get out of the slough, if we can, and pass into that little vale around the point, and find ourselves in TAItADISF. VALLEY. It is certainly surprising that terms so inharmonious should have been select ed as name3 for spotS lying contiguous. The course of Sprague River is wester ly, and its destination, Big Klamath lake. Upper Spraguo River valley is gradually gathering unto itself an in teresting settlement of sf6ck raisers, for which business, It appears particu larly adapted. For beauty, this valley is not second to any and tho Klamath reservation, occupying the greater por tion of it, furnishrJs a' homo for a great numbers of Indians, who should cer tainly feel proud by so favored a loca tion. During the late Indian war last summer, the settlers in the upper part of this valley, believing the savages to be making hostile demonstrations, gathered their effects and families to gether and moved to quarters of safety. Their fears proved not well founded, however, and as the excitement abated, they gradually returned to their res pective habitations, and resumed their 'occupation of tending their flocks and herds. Many of the stock men of this vicinity are accumulating vast nunr- I bers of cattle and sheep and laying sol id foundations for wealth. Moving on down the valley for a distance of Labout six miles, we reach the cast fine of the reservation, And of course' see no more white in habitants, except the Government officials at Yainax, sixteen miles fur ther on, where Rev. J. H. Roork ad ministers Indian affairs at the subagen cy. Ten miles up the River from Yainax, we find an Indian village call ed, in the native tongue, l2tv." Here the aborigines display some-lng of the result of civilizatian, and Save houses even better than some of "the whites through Late county. TK-jsite of '"Sly is an excellent location for a town, just at the mouth of Sprague River gap, on the banks of tho crystal-like stream, bearing the name of Captain- Sprague, well known by many cf our older in habitants, as a daring, jLole-souled and intelligent captain Inihe U. S. A., -ft-T--;as-3tatios-d rlrt-aaJRiAaTilL -! few years ago, and weiSied by all. Here is, also, the best part of the val ley, and, when thrown open to settle ment, -will afford a location, with many natural advantages, for an extensive community. The Indians are fencing in large tracts of the fnestiiatiorial" ' meadow land and engaged; to a limit ed extent, in agricultute. They are well supplied with wagons, harness, plows, mowers and others neceasary implements of husbandry, by the Gov ernment and many of them boast large herds of horses and cattle. They derive a great part of their subsistanco from the chase and fishery. At certain sea sons of the year, hundreds of these Governmental wards repair to the banks of the Klamath and Lost Rivers and mingle business with pleasure in a very novel and interesting manner. Having driven posts intb tho ground four or five feet in height, poles are laid cn the tops where the fish are to be placed to dry. All preparations be ing made, the "bucks" repair to the river with spears, and business begins. As tho excitement increases, they plunge into the stream head first and wieslle vigorously with the overgrown suckers, seldom emerging without a prize. Tho squaws stand on the banks to gather and clean the fish. Tons of the finny tribe are often exhibited in one heap, which is certainly an object of interest to tbe-ae not -' 'omed to s"uct ciTw"tCitii3. But we have diverg&l from our travel", to fi.-.h -Hi th the native--, and now find space cro-filed, and time grow ing Jatc We will bidj'a rood night, and continue our tra-i at another time. "State line Herald." TIIATOH-CSO 05131; KO.VX The shooting near Kcwaukura sta tion turns oat to have occurred be tween two thieves who were Oh the way from Seattle to Cowlitz prairie, where they intended to rob or steal 81,500 that they understood to be in the possession of a Catholic priest there, which he had collected to build a church. They fell out on the way and one shot the other in a scutllo and fight. Tho Times says that the one who got shot i- an old habitue in that quarter, having been in New Taconia about a couple of years ago, and-mado a sensation by playipg the old dodge of depositing a belt filled with pretended J?20 pieces quilted in it, which were iron blanks or" "wash ers," upon the strength of which de posit he made a loan of 30 in silver and "skipped out "" and proceeded to Chehalis, where he playc the same trick on an honest granger near that place. The fellow who shot him is a well known character abifjut Seattle a" liurdy fiddler in the ( "mad house' quarter kuown as' "jAke." A few days ago ex-chiei-Tb;um'yie of Seat-- tle passed up ' to Olympia with the latter in chai-ge, where the wounded man 13 also expected to be brought by sheriff Shoroy" of Lewis county, whon and where the deeds of the wouncjed confidence-man and thief will be in quired into, for several past oSjnces known to the officers. The present name of the old alleged malefactor is Henderson, but his kind run so many aliasses that they may be ctesscd as without riame'3. Something -more may be heard of their examination next week, ut thoy deserve nofurtbei no tice than .ordinary crimfinals of the lower criminal grade. Secretary ticnun: lifts officially de nied tho application made'by Senator G rover, that certain' lands around Lit tle Klamath Lake be certified to the State of Oregon a-s swamp lands. The Secretary directs) tho General Land Office to proceed under the rules al ready establisbed for the adjustment of the Oregon samp land grant, which he says will protect all parties in in terest, wheAer pre-emption settlers or claimants unu.V.r; State title, and offers them full opportuajty to'present testi mony. T1IS SEW TEAK. To-day is tho first of tho new year, 1879, and what a change has come over this section since its first settle ment, 27 years ago. The flats around town were filled with miners taking out rich pay, and Yrcka in 1855-6 was one of the largest towns in the State, almost equal in population at the time, with Marysville and Stockton. At the Presidential election in 1856, some 1150 votes were cast in Yreka, besides over threo hundred at HawHnsvilf-TT and about the same number at Green horn, the two latter places but a couple of miles from Yreka. Miner street use 1 to be so crowded on Saturday and Sunday of each week, that it was-' hard work to navigate throughife-'Our mountain city also spofFeTTnumerous gambling houses,.where music and gaud ily dressed courtesans lured the hard working miners to squandering their dust and coin at the different gaming tables, conducted by sports woll skilled in the art of manipulating the card or roulette games to their own advantage. It reminded Us in 1856 wliat San Fran cisco was in tho first years of its settle ment, and unless a man was killed every weeTc,busine5s was called dull and times hard. Yreka, Deadwood and Scott River, were the principal sections of population, but there was considera ble mining at Cottonwood; Humbug, Oro Fino, McAdams Creek, South Fork of Scott River, Salmon River, then in Klamath county, and other points. The business of farming was then car ried on to a very little extent, the peo ple obtaining Eastern flour from San Francisco, or flour from Oregon. The year of 1856 seemed to le the turning point of the change1 to a more settled and permanent condition, for then ranches were taken up more extensive ly throughout Scott Valley, and Big and little Shasta Valleys, which caus- -r tV- ty, and the building of new towns, in dedin Etna and Fort Jones. In these days all our supplies from below were brought here on pack animals, via. Sbcita, or from Crescent City, via. Jacksonville, Ogn. In 1857 teams hauled goods by tho old Pitt River route, around the eastern side of Mount Shasta, and the stages also ran on that route, but it was a Jong and tedious road, beset with troublesome Indians, to which the pack trail seemed prefer able for safety and economy. A .large portion of tho poptilation, who had ac quired property and taken up land, be gan bringing out their families, to make their permanent home in Siskyou, and as soon as the wagon road was finished, a largo immigration of ladies favored our county, and caused it to become as it is now, a more civilized and content ed community. Shortly after lie build ing of the Scott mountain road, the Sacramento River road was completed to Red Bluff, so that there were two good wagofi road's, by which freight was hauled at tho rate of 4 to 6 cents per pound, first from Tehama, and af terwards from Red Bluff, by C. S. N. Co. improving tho River to reach Red "Bluff, ahd causing the establishment of that town. In those days, Yrcka and Shasta where thriving towns, far ahead of Tehama, Red Bluff and Chico in im portance', and Yreka would be now if we had--a-r&4rr-0ad communication, not-with standing there are not so many men at work in the mines as in earlier days when there were no Chinamen to work cheap and tako up mining lands, or buy tliem from white miners who had taken out fortunes which they squan dered in gambling, drinkine and other vices, to a great extent In 1868, our county was probably at its lowets ebb, in prosperity, being drained each year previous, since 1861 by the attraction of the Frazer River and Icfaho mines, but since 1869 Siskyou has been grad ually increasing in population and wealth, by the development of rich quartz mines and new placer diggings; besides stock raising to supply tho mar kets below with tho finest beef on the coast, together with the benefit of a great farming interest to keep our gold at homo in furnishing the necessary produces of the soil that form our staff of life, and give employment to a large numlier of people,- which home produc ing interest could be greatly advanced by the manufacture of numerous ar ticles now brought here ai great' cost from tho Eastern States and other places. "Yreka Journal." Advertise in the Sextixel. TT.iSlILNCrO.V TEKUITOSV II)I AX AFFAIIZS. Portlasd (Or.), December 30th. The following report was just received from a special at the front: The In dian excitement, to all appearance, is subsiding. The Yakima volunteers have returned from Priest's Rapid-?, af ter fulfilling a portion of their mission. Four of the Perkin's murderers are in jail. On Monday last, after the capturing' f-Shief "vrn;fti-.-l py-- ;-'T-rifr Jr A. Splawn aniL-posse, assisted by six of Moses' warriors, moved up the river from Vhite Bluff. At daylight they disefjvered a camp of about 20 Indians. 'The place was quietly surrounded, and this completed, one of tho Indians cautiously approached the camp, and, entering the topee, found the inmates asleep. While he was engaged in re kindling the fire one of the sleeping Indian-: was aroused, and with a knifo in one hand and a gun in the other, jumped to his feet, demanding the causa of tho intrusion. The spy re plied that he on'y wanted to warm himself and he would go. After care fully surveying the situation, he with drew. He was quietly followed to the door by the Indian he had nroused, who, on seeing himself and companions surroUnded, placed the muzzle of his gun to his breast, and with his foot discharged tho weapon, killing himself instantly, preferring death at his own hands rather than the fate that await ed him. Tho report states that the other inmates made a frantic rush to escape, and in the confusion all but one got away. The Indian captured proves to be the one who killed Mrs. Perkins, and is now safely in jail at Yakima. Mose3 is still in jail, and it is uncer tain what disposition will bo made of him, but the outlook is not favorable to the release of that redoubtable chieftain. It is hinted that ho never win oc anowcd to U-a oorae oi tne inaians living oil ew.Ues river say that all of Moses' and Smo halla's Indians are coming to the reser vation to live. Smohalla himself can not be found, and some think that "tho Dreamer" has been quietly disposed of. Deputy United States Marshal Frazer, is visiting the different towns, engaged in posting the warnings of the Attorney General forbidding any breach of the law or order. The citi zens quietly laugh at the' proceedings, and say it Will not intcrfore with them. Side by sido with such a notice at Goldendalo is another which reads as follows: "Ho for the war! Fifty volun tpers wanted to go to Yakima City on Tuesday, December 24th, for the purpose of capturing Chief Moses. Come one, como all. By command of W. Pike, Captain of the Klickitat Mounted Infantry. "-r Give Warxixo. In refcrerico to the matter of trouble being imminent in case of tho removal of the Indians to nine principal reservations, as men tioned by the "Journal" a couple of weeks ago, wc have learned from set tlers within many miles of Klamath Agency, that thero need be no doubt of a war whenever an effort is made to remove tho reservation Modocs, Snakes, and Piutes from Klamath Lake. There aro about 1,100 of them, well used to fire-arms, and as bravo and fearless" as Capt Jack's Modocs who matfe such a stubborn fight in the lava beds a few years ago. Should the government decide on any such meas ure, fair warning should bo given to tho settlers to remove to safe quarters with their families. All of Butte Creek Valley and other sections in this county would bo deserted, as well as portions of Modoc county, while in most of Lake county, Ogn., settlers would also bs in danger. It will take all tho troops oa this coast to movo tho Indians at Klamath Agency, and oven then tho Indians would roam the (.country committing depredations bo- fore they could be conquered as prison ers for such removal. Tho Indians consider removal as equal to death, and will fight rather than submit to it, especially since they have heard of the Modocs dying off so rapidly after their removal from the lava beds to Indian Territory, where they never have been and never will bo satisfied, no matter how well they may bo treated. The Indians are great lovers of their old haunts and Bunting grounds, and stick to them with a devotion that no danger of death can cause them to. linquish. "Yrcka Journal." EFTCUr OF THE YELLOW FEsEK. Loss sf life by yellow fever in tho South this year is estimated at about 15,000 persons, and of money and trado at from 175,000,000 to $200,000,000 as great as the loss from the Chicago fire. These figures aro startling, though they are not probably exaggerated. It would not seem possible that the South, improverished by the war, could sacri fice such a sum in three months, and not bo in much worse condition than it i. 4T'Jaci-ard-'r.jfPijig to be a fact, shows that she was better of was generally supposed. Every part of the Republic has so many resource.-) in its soil, productions and people, and is so elastic through these, that no amount of calamity can long discour age or distress it. Tho yellow fover has had a very unfavorable influenco on the general business of tho country, less by tho actual injury done than by the shadow cast and tho depression caused. Rut for that, doubtless, trio financial feeling would be much bette everywhere than it is to-day, and in commercial matters fooling is every thing. Some good is .;t to comeout of every evil, if tho m urcc of evil bo diligently investigated. It is thought that henceforth quarantino regulations will be moro thoroughly established than they have over been. Apart froni death and humanjjuffering, negligence is the worst kind of political economy. Expenditure of onctwentieth part of what the fover has cost might havo prevented it altogether. Good Stock Pay-j. A correspond ent of tho Practical Farmer writes: "I would like to tell my brother farm ers that good stock pays. Ten yoars ago I bought a pair of Birkshires; paid -5G0 lor tbein, and although I was called ,a ''fool" "and "crazy" that pair brought me nearly -$S00,-and I ( regard my stock now worth 300. Tho sow raiscu tttch utters, o i mss. sold at 10 each. This is direct. TIio value of tho male, used on my common and grade sows, cannot bo correct" told, but I estimate it as half as much at least, as the pigs sold, which would' bring tho total realized from the pair up to $1,200. I think the grado pigs from this male averaged fifty pounds heavier than the common stock would,' which, in a lot of 20 pigs killed for' every year, is no small item. I tell you, good stock,, properly handled; pays a big profit on investment overy tiuie. There are hundreds of your readers, no doubt, who can show a3 go6d, or better records, tharf this, and they can do their brother farmers no better service than to let it bo known. Bismarck's Daughter. Princo Bis-" inarck's daughter, the Countess Marie, has after all married her first lovet' Count Von Rantzau. When boy and girl together, the young pair used to meeet as they were coining homo fromr school, nnd the Count would carry Mario's books, tell her long stories, and I pay her innumerable attentions. Count Von Rantzau went into tho army and sonic time afterward heard that Us old" lovo was engaged to Count Eulenburg." Rantzau fell into a gloomy state of mind, and was subject to fits of depres-' sion, which greatly alarmed his com rades. Typhoid fever, however, car ried off young Count Eulenburg, and Count Von Rantzau speedily recovered this spirits, renowed his acquaintance with tho Bismarcks, and again courted" tho Countess Marie, abandoning tho' sword for diplomacy. , - M The harem of Shere All,, tEeEnirof Cabul, comprises 300 women, including slaves. Ho has one son, Yakoob Khan,' whom he lately released from several of whom ten aro married to distin guished vassals. They each received as1 dower tho revenues of a town. The Emir I lives generally at Cabul, in the palace of Balar nissar, which has all tho characteristics of a medieval fortress. His two other palaces in that city aro Mogoul Hissar, where his unmarried daughters and harem are located, and Theschel Omrah, which coutains tho harem of his father. The Emir's aged mother resides with him. General Howard, in his annual re port, recommends that thb Umatilla Indians, who served with fidelitr. lo I rewarded, and that all who assisted tho hcstilcs be sent to some remote place, whence they cannot easily return. -- .i .I ..it . ED i 5-2