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4HH& Oregon Sentinel. TB -4Sfr " y 'jl IF --sv' J iA PUBLISHED SATURDAYS O yV Rfl rsffef' &&J fBE SjjL rA .&- ' M 4 V fT 1 Oregon Sentinel ADVERTISING RATES. t O-eaq-aie lOllnes orleia f!rt Insertion. 7 I J eacuautetie&iinieriion " 3 monthi I g 10W One--rt-Colnnn3moolba " " " 09 Ons-balf " 3 " 0 " " S " 45 On Celnmn 3 months CO A a X nijcount to Yearly AtlvertlaeM. 83 PER YEAR ijajcijnHun.,jjiuf-a arM- vCJaC - 9L y L"v S Kpv a a 1 , ss-';SS5iTS."'. NiilK N lay B S. . rl 9. JJ53L EL.' Kjv 5s' KRAUSE & TURNER. V, , efrlpH Cs TERMS: i .Ifjjjflf'' One copy. Per Year, In advance, $8 50 I 'JJFjRi VOL. XXVI--NO. 21. ' JACKSONVILLEMlfeoN: MAY 28, ISSV Bt,PML ---- --. .wjBmmmmmmmimaBXWMMamnrwwMimirMmiwMMnmaBMmiMWKrmMi n i n n iiB--lir-----M r.-..j im- iijp-------Mf'''1 iijwiMi.ial PROFESSIONAL CARDS. THE U. S. HOTEL, T- G- REAMES bkjuies- n yi ljttjPflJf I I rp r A Tllll- TO cbati-b LAKE. --- . .- - ... - ,. . ,.,.. , . I JM , , .--, -i ' - '-"' . P. P. PRIM, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR-AT-LA"V Jacksonville Ogn., "Will practice in all the Courts of the oiate. umco in -irs. .oLcuuuy's uuuu iag, corner of California and Fifth streets, DR, GEO. K.AHLER, pHYSICIAN AND SURGltoH, '. ''.t'iM . t . JAqKgf itf'IviiLff2 - -kic- apse nressi- t Office In city DrugStdre,residencc rear or the UoarMlouse. G. H. .filfKN, M. D.; DHYSICIAU AND SURGEON, .fACKSONVILLE, OREOON. 43r0f-ce opposite P.J. Ryan'a More. MARTIN VR07MAN, M. D. DHYSICIAN,.AND SURGEON, JACKSONVItLE, OREGON. Office up-st-iirs in Orth's brick. Rcsi denoc on Cnlifoniia Btrcet. P. JACK, M. D., pHYSKCflAN AND SURGEON, (ForniMlj of Glasgow, Scotland.) APPI.EGATE, OREGON. Office and Drug Store at the Drake farm on Applcgate eight miles West of Jack sonville. Letterscan lie addressed either to Jacksonville or Appieg.ile. E. II.AUTENIClETII, A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, JACESONVII.LB, OUKGON. Will prctic in all tlm C.mrt of tlm State. l'romit attention ciren to all bnslneis lelt In my care. jjr0fl.ce In Orth'n brick building. R. F. DOWELL, ,i-n -1--fcr AttbnilnMa jilarwUn'ntr lianiliwlll raCTlTtpromrt ntuntlvu. .oGi-JpociM attention glten to Collec tion. WILL. JACKSON, nsxnsT, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. mr.I.TII EX1UCTKD AT A 1.1. ?!j-iijS&miuIterel,tr'cslrril,for which extra -U I T 1 I Jrl,.rrn will ha male. t.i-iS X. Ix-ur. LauRbini; Eas ail' Offlce and reiideuc un corner of California and Frflli atraati. A. C. CIDB3. L. D. STKAKNf. GIBBS & STEARNS, A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, Rooms 2 and 4 Strowbridgc's Building, POUTLAND, OUEGON. Will practlc InallOcnrtsaf ReconMn the State of Orrjen and WiliililnRton Terrllnr; Mia pT par ticular attention to lminoss in Federal Conrta. W.n. P. P. Prim. Ml Kiln Prim I Clearance Sale. -AT PRIM'S MILLINERY STORE arcc. stock of Fall and "Winter goods bred lor sale al our store at cost. ksall before purchasing else. The "Well Known Draft Stallion TURK! Will make the season of 1881 at Jack sonville every Saturday, at Geo. Hamlin's, six miles east of town, on Sundays and Mondays, it John Fountain's, in Mound District, on Tuesdays nnd Fridays, and on Thursdays at my ranch in Table Rock. Turk is a dark chestnut orrel, with "fchitc points, 17 hands high, weighs 1,450 pounds, tnelvc years old and is a sure foal getter. TERMS Single service, cash in hand, 5. Season, 10, in coin or grain, paya ble at the end thereof. To the farmers wo say: look at Turk's colts and iudce for yourselves. For small marcs he is unsurpassed, and for a recom mendation I refer you to George Hamlin, D. JN. Birdsev, John Tupper, John liakcr, Al. Sturgis, Jesse "Wilson and John bize more. The best of care will be taken to avoid accidents but no responsibility will be taLen if any should occur. ROBT. WESTROP, Prop. Flour at 22.50 per thousand at the New York Store. P ii m. -i - I W-Lrr-m T" 5 Hi Jl W t r. Ji siavjki.ir,vi.jTr -t ' 1 Cor. 3d and California Sta., K 1-i.A M l!i S B K U S., " -" Tatf ------ "unJr,aVa,Ai cnrio.ur. Jacksonville - - - Oern. ? UaliForiast., TtoaaUgmooL. JANE HOLT, Proprietress. ' I'SliS' Jacksonville, - - - Oregon, wW&fBL FIHST-OLASS AT ALL HOUUS. C'dfL'-SJ-i- i JdOS; A4M3Pli'ET BYjMH i 7r j? - --fZfSSm i.rr asx-iv vyv iuuik -. - m rir.' - "&$, Trices Very XSocLerate. OUR NEW HOTEL BUILDING BE ing completed lor occupancy, the un. dersigned takes pleasure in announcing that we arc prepared to entertain the trav eling public. No p.iins will be spared to provide for the comfort of our guests and to make them feel at home with us. The most modern improvements have been in. troduccd, and the accommodations of the United Stales will not lag behind the liest appointed inland hotel on thiscoast. Our tables will always bo supplied with the best the market affords and served in the best style by a coips ot obliging waiters. The beds and bedding are all new and fitted up in the most comfortable style, suited to the accommodation of sinsle oc cupants or families. JANE IIOLT. Jacksonville, March 5, 1881. ASHLAND Livery, Sale & Feed Stable Main St., Aslilautl. nHE UNDERSIGNED TAKES pleas L ure in announcing that he Iris pur chased these stables and will keep con. stantly on hand the cry best SADULU lllllthR-. IIUGGIES AND CAItltlAGlCS, And can furnish my customers with a tip lop turnout at any time. IIOK4LS ISOIKUM) On reasonable terms, and given the best attention. Horses bought and sold and satisfaction guaranteed in all my trans actions. HENRY NORTON. T,H-3 yASHni-jNDj "Woolen JuinufacluriiH '' Take plo have o ro in nnnouncing tlwt Ley now autl, a full and eelect ctbek of BSE-ASSD-ETTSp PQ.&S-S-lSik.S, a-.3G.t-IS0 Ma-le of the very best NATJVE WOOL And of which thev will ilifpote at very rca foualile rates. Orders from a diftance will receive prompt attctiliou. otud tbetn in and give our goods a trial. Ashland Wooi.fn M'r'n On. LUIV.3ER, LUJV53EK THOMAS' SAW MILL AT THE ilEADOWs. TS NOWFULLY PREPARED TOTuR--L nish the market with eicry description ot lumber of a superiorquality. Tlnsmill is new throughout and furnished wiili the latest and most improved machinery, there by ensuring the speedy fulfillment of all orders at most reasonable prices. Bills sawed to order with dispatch. Ed?"Give me a trial and I will prove what I say, for satisfaction is euarantccd in every case. JESSE B. THOMAS. Tablo Rock, September 3d, 1879. ASHLAND AND L1II1LLE E3cjr-"isajs rHrFrPKllTips : : : : Proprietor. T AM NOW RUNNING A DAILY LINK L between the above point", leaving Abland with coach on Mondays, Wednesdays and Kridy8, returning next day. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week a buck board will start from .4sMand returning oa the following day. FARE, (each way) SS.OO. Connection made at Liskville with iiacks for Lakeview. Criterion Billiard Saloon! CALIFORNIA ST., Nolnnd & McDaniel Props. THIS POPULAR RESORT, UNDDR new management, is furnishing the best brands of liquor", wines and cigars. The reading table is rupplicd with Eastern peri odicals and leading papers of the Coast Give us a call CITY BREWERY. VEIT SCHUTZ, - Proprietor. "rWOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY IN- .lformtbe citizens of Jac-aonTilW andf the world at larre. that tl'tv can find, at; atiT time, at mr Brewerv. tbe beat lacer - beer. In an; quantity the pvrchaser icar daitre Mybonae laconrenientlffitnated and my rooms ara alwara In order. Arl.it will please jn. --iasv,a gmi u--Ur.A2-P TO&F AHEAD ASDSUAL ! ! pffi --? A CASH BASIS !! THE GREATEST REDUCTION IN PRICES -AND THK LARGEST STOCK or- GEXERAL HEUCHASDISE -TUE GREATEST VAR.ETY TO SELECT FROM IN ilny On Store in Southern Oregon or S?orthem California. ALL FOR CASH !! otto crnnf nnvoit-Tj r v,-.v -i- v.o.o-o ir., . "T; a&Ama&mM - , ii-iTiTtit it'r - 45:it - (5g$$ FANCY GOODS, LADIES' DRH?S GOODS. CASHMERES. AND DIAGONVLS, SILKS. AND SATISS, HOOTS i. allOKS, CLOTHING, ETC,, LADIES' CAL., S3ADE CLOAKS CfK CALL TnE ATTENTION OF THE ? latins to the fact thst we have now cm hand the Urgent and bust "elected nsort ment f LAMI-V DRKSS GOODS and FAN CY GOODS oi every defcription in South ern Oregon, and 'e will henceforth make tliif line of goods onr speciality and sell t'lim at Cheaper than the Cheapest. To the "'etilli men e will pay, if vou want A No. 1 SUI T OF CLOTHES yoa must go to ReiiiuL? Urtis. to buy them a we claim to have the bet .STOCK OF CLOTHING in Jackson county and will allow none to un dersell us. These gor1s were all purchased by a mem ber ot our Gun from FIRST CLASS Houses tr San Frauciccn and New York, and we will nat rant enr; article and cell them as cheap for each a any house in the county. We also keep on haud a lull stock of GROCERIES, Hardware, Cutlery, Glassware, CROCKERY. A FULL LINE OF ASHLAND GOODS FA'IM AND FREIGHT WAGONS Plows, Gang Plows Sulky Plows 'V Ir fact everything from the Onest needle to a threshing-machine. Give ns a call and judge for yourselves as to our capacity of furnishing goods as above. The way to make money is to save it. To save it buy cheap. To hny cheap pay CASH for your goods and buy of REAMK3 BROS. DAVID LINN, AND DEALER IN COPniM THER2BS2KGS. COFFINS FURNISHED ON THE shortest notice and cheaper than at any other establishment in Southern Oregon. Furniture of all kinds kept on hand or made to order. irjHiifaiuiitr-'-fugigsgai,ATff.3rt. frppm M p-ciE'rr. REV. L L. ROG ?M., President. Professor of ce, Mental and Moral Philos- REV, -Professor, 5.ift.-. A. Ueg 6,-rTcacher Tot Jnecntlan; efl-cparatory Department. J MISS ELLA W -Teacher of Piano, Organ and "J- mis kate thof ulture. .Vssistant Teacher. T!?fpoiuca. TUITION $0 a iainthjil3 a quarter $40 a year, Ouu schjlg(urce .years, or three, in same l'amilyjfil'ftar 100. In strumental music or foic culture, o a month. Vocil musiqin t .is3, ?3 a quar ter. Board, 350 a wpk. Rooms or cot tages for self-boarding$2 , 5 a month. Tuition in all cases pajabl in advance in casu or acceptable notei. Coursoa or t tixcay- Coursc in English Langttge andLitera- ture. Reading. Elocul mar, English Analysis iUllSll JIIU1 arsing, Eng- lish Composition, Ei Literaturo, Rhetoric, Ancient Histi lory Modern History. Business Collesrc. ediaeval Ilis netic, Book- keeping. Banking, Civil Tninent.uom. mercial Law, Iuternatio aw, Political Economy, Algebra, Geonlry, English urammar ana itueionc. Course of Latin. Latin G ammar, Latin Reading, tttesar's Commei aries, Virgil, Cicero's Orations, Livy, Tai tus, Uicen) de Ofliciis. Coui-se in Greek. Gre i Grammar, Greek Reader, Anabasis, Gr k Testament, Memorabilia, Homer, Henlitus, Demos tltenes' Onitionij. t'ourse in .Mathematics. , rithmetic. Al- gebra, Geonietray, Trig-mo tetry, Survo'- .iii, jiceuuis, xvcuusucs a a upiics, as tronomy. Course in Modem Langugcs. French Gntmmar, French Reader. Corrino R;i- cine, German Grammar, Geroan Reader, uoeuie, scnuier. Course in Natural Science Geography, Physical Geography, Botair. Zoolosr. Natural Philosophy, Astroiomy, Chenus- roiomy, ioM iry, jnneroiogy, ueoiogy. tew Course in Mental and Mo'Viloorliv. Ethics, Psychology, LoB Esthetics, Moral Philosophy, 'Iheism Mflcr's Anal ogy nristian .btiucnccs. -yornlitl Normal Courser-En ii;iivrnuetyr;.'" SV." un ShemUtrY. Astronni Mnit.iIPlillOsophy, Civil Government, Book-Vtening, English Literature, Evidences cf Christianity, Ped agogics. . XJosarooes. Tlie degress of A D. an! A. M., with Di plomas, will lie given ir course to thoe completing the folloving described courses: Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Eng lish Language and Literature, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Moeem Languages, Natural Sciences and Business. The degree of B. S., wild Diplomas, will be awarded thoe completing the course of Knglish Language, and Literature, Modern L-inguages, Natural Scifnces, Business, Mental and Moral Philosojhy. Diplomas will be presented those com pleting the NoninljindjBisiness course. KEADY FORBUSINESS. THE JACKSONVILLE STEAM FLOURING1V5ILL Commenced Manufactul the best of J Hour on JIOMi IT, SHIT. 2ol8S0. e are prepared to do all kinds of Cus tom Work, in the way of exchange of flour ior w until, cuopping teeifcnnd grinding corn. TVe have superiorMtacltinery for manufacturing flour and feel safe in saying thit we can dobeB- ork than any mill in Rogue River SBey. In exchange, we will le for good, clean -wheat, 30 lbs. of flour and 9 lbs. of mixed feed for each bushel. McKENZIE & FOUDRAY, Proprietors. NE.W STATE HOTEL " ' ACKSOSYILLEpClJv Mrs O. "W. Savage, Prop. HAVING re-opened this house, and se cured more rooms. I am now better pa-pared than ever to offer to the public the best of accommodations. Good beds and well ventilated rooms. Board most reasonable. The C. and O. S. Co.'s Stages leaves the house daily for Redding and Roseburg. P. S. There is a first-class Bar and Billiard room in connection with the house. The best cigars and liquors always on hand. LlilVILLE HOTEL, LAKE COUNTY, OGN., W. C- Greenman, Proprietor. THE undersigned takes pleasure in an. nouncing that he has taken chargo of this house and that the management will be first-class in every particular. The uiuiu w in always ue suppiieu wuu uie best the market affords. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guar anteed. No pains spared to meet the wants of the traveling public. AY. C. GREENMAN. From the State Line Herald. The only means we have of deter mining the grandeur or magnitude of an object is by comparison, using soma other as a standard. But wliera we can find no suitable standard for com- panson, the mind is for a time absorbed with contemplation, until, by degrees, l2-Jvi1I-sal-iM 'jndetcoremti65rlwiergreaStWB8r? the scene dawns upon the oenoider, ana the traveler is made to feel that he is gazing upon one of the great natural wonders of the world. For a time our little party stood in silence, almost dazed in contemplating the silent, solemn grandeur before us. Here, ages ago, were enacted .some of those terrible upheavals, which with in a day raiso up or tear down moun tains. Evidences of volcanic action are scattered and piled all around us, and evidentlv this mammoth excava tion has at some time been the crater of an active volcano, now extinct. Just imagine this a boiling caldron, eight by fifteen miles in extent, and of an unknown depth, with its liquid lire shooting its tongues of flame toward the sky, blackening and charring the walls of its rocky prison from base to summit. The tracks of flame are clearly visible and ill remain so for all time. The walls are composed of cooglouietatc masses of rock, all show ing more or less the unmistakable in flue-nce of fire. These walls, or rather this wall, for it encircles it completely without a break, yaries from one thousand five huntlred to three thous and feet in perpendicular hight above the surface of the lake. In places the wall is nearly perpendicular, and a rock dropped from the highest point finds tio obstacle in the way for at least one thousand feet, and with thre-e bounds strikes the water 3,000feet below. giBirft?raTT'tgi UTOIUCYUI1UHUUIU11IIK. JIUj stone ironTlns hand and as he watched it rapidly sink down, down, down, was taken with an almost irre sistible impulse fo follow. The feensa tion was too unpleasant for repetition. The character of the scene may bo bet ter understood by the nader who is conversant with high mountains, if he will imagine a lofty peak 14,000 or 15,000 feet high, with 5,000 or 0,000 feet of the top torn off, and the inside hollowed out to the dimensions given of Crater I-ike. Toward the west side ib an island 1,500 feet high, having a hollowed place in the tcp, which is usually filled with snow. This moun tain is evidently the last chimney of the old volcano which, judging from the character of rocks composing it and the timber occupying its sides; has slept for ages and to all appearances will sleep on to the end of time. There is but one place where it is possible to make the descent to tho water and there great caution is required to avoid an accident. At this point a track or causeway has been worn through the cliff by tho rolling of rocks, which have ground and battered down these natural battlements and left in their stead rock-dust and ashes into which the traveler sinks ankle deep as ho slowly wends his way downward. The causeway is about one hundred icet wide and in places has walls from two to four hundred feet high. It is per fectly straight and about 1,500 feet in perpendicular hight above the water, the angle inclination varying from twenty to forty-five degrees from the perpendicular. We amused ourselves for a time in rolling rocks down this pathway and were astonished at the velocity they attained. Huge bowl ders weighing a ton would bound along with accelerated speed until their great velocity would cause them to spring a hundred feet in air and strike near the bottom, after flying through space for two hundred yards, when, with a final spring, they would plunge beneath the waves two hundred yards from shore. By placing the ear to the edge of the cliff the sounds of the falling bowlders could be heard, as they bounded from rock to roek, for some time after they had disappeared below the surface. Some time before our first visit to this mystic spot a party had been there and after great difficulty had lowered a skiff to the water, and with sounding line and lead embarked upon the lake. They turned their course toward the cone-sluirieIisland before described and about two miles distant. At ditterent points they payed out all their line, about GOO feet, and toucheil no bottom. They landed upon the island and, with difficulty, climbed to the summit of the cone. There is no vissible inlet or outlet to the lake, but currents are dis tinctly traceable on its surface, show, ing that its waters have ingress to and egress from this giant basin. This theory is confirmed in the fact that Anna's creek, which flows into Klani- - " t S r - HrV- atHlakroinltheInorth,pmprgeslinaS. bodyTfroni thessiae oftbisnounfcSfi? about: one arid n Jialf miles from the summit and coming from the immediate direction of this lake. Rogue river also, though its course lies to the west and finds its way directly to the ocean, has its source in Crater Lake. It, as does Anna's creek, flows in a body from the side of this mountain and about two miles from its summit. While investigating tho curiosities to be found and wonders to be seen about the banks of the lake, a storm of wind and snow came upon us. None except those who have been on high mountains under like circum stances can easily imagino the effect of a snow storm among the clouds. Here, 9,000 feet above the ocean, ne found ourselves suddenly enveloped in clouds, which seemed in a body to roll along on the surface of the moun tain, while we, thus surrounded were, almost suffocated by the blinding, whirling flukes as they were deposited among the rocks and peaks about us. In five minutes the water of the lake was hid from our view and our party was forced to seek the shelter of trees near at hand. The writer had a curiosity to de scend to the water and view the ap pearance of Crater Like in a snow storm. No one else seemed inclined to attempt the descent under the cir cumstances, so providing ourself with a staff wo started alone. Tho trip lnwi TOrfia'tYiilwtmin. n foonnntilirJQlirtl-f. UtiMIf W- mi.gW'J' t.q v- m o5 t.. - iiboutTujion "lho surging- billows 5ml then around at t)c towering walls that hedged us in. t is difficult to give an idea of the effect upon one's nerves. There we stood apparently in tho bowels of the earth, the clouds formed a complete covering and seemed to rest on the top of the mighty wall. Thoso of the party at the summit though they declined to accompany us stood upon the brink but could not be seen from the bottom. The wind had lashed the lake into fury and foam and the waves were running four and five feet high, and beating the shore as if in a maddened effort to break its prison walls and give freedom for this imprisoned lake. The old skiff lay upen a rocky shelf and that we might claim a solitary credit we pushed it into the water and in a minute more were afloat upon they stormy waves. We did not venture far, however, and breathed freely when again on terra firma. From this point a splendid view of the towering cliffs could be had and in that lonely spot alone, we in im agination, saw re enacted tho terrible convulsions of nature that ohco held headquarters near and transformed the country for hundreds of miles in ex tent. The walls seem at that tirao to havo been in a semi molten state when old Vulcan with tho power alone vouchsafed to him, belched forth his missiles of war, fire and lava, throw ing bowlders of tons in weight with such force as to imbed tliem in tho plastic wall where they still cling, an evidence of volcanic power. Here the maddened flames played and in liquid flashes darted their fiery tongues heav enward. Here tho awful thunders belched forth terror to the inhabitants of the surrounding country and the frightened Indian crouched in fear beneath tho shelter of neighboring mountains, or fled before the mighty avalanche of burning lava that poured like a threatening flood down from theo devil-possessed bights. Here alone in this loneliest of spots, with the waves dashing mad'y against the shore, surrounded bv this fire be- grimmed and time scarred battlement of nature, tho clouds resting upon its summits, and apparently shutting us in from all the world alone, where the seething fires of hell seem once to have held high carnival and, cancer-like, to have devoured a mighty mountain, we were seized r, ith a foeling that in this awe-inspiring solitude, some of the minions of Beelzebub might still lurk, to punish tho presumption of sinful man who should dare to invade even this deserted sanctum of his satanic majesty. Tho Indians of this section of country have a tradition that this lake is the abode of evil spirits, and that to him who had tho hardihood even to look into its silent depths, th penalty of death will surely be meted out. Hence they do not come near it and have warned the whites of th danger of incurring the displeasure of tEeseTRpint8a (FjSnter xrtljeljlakejis pearJrJpwgWfl very cold,anu incomparably clear, uw jects are seen at a great depth, but no one has yet succeeded in ascertaining how deep the waters are. Our curiosi ty was soon satisfied, and, in dread of the task ahead, we commenced the toilsome ascent. At every step, ono sinks ankle deep in the loose deposit of ashes and pulverized pumice, and tho journey becomes tedious and tiresome. To ayoid excessive fatigue, we turned from tho causeway and attempted to clamber up among the rocks whero it seemed we might Tind firm footing, but wo came near being the victim of an accident, which would have thrown an othor young widow upon the world. With great difficulty we regained tho causeway and, after an hour of labori ous climbing, rejoined the party that was awaiting our return. The clouds had passed away and Old Sol again illuminated the deep recesses of these rugged mountains, and gave a more cheertul prospect tor our inves tigation. We climbed to the summit of the highest peak and from that point one of the most interesting and extensive landscapes it has over been our pleasure to behold. Perfume. No one has yet been able to analyze or demonstrate the es sential action of perfume. Gas can ba weighed but not scents; the smallest known creatures the very nionada of life can bo caught bvjnicrascopQtlens their organizations; but wbatTif is'tliat' m "" - r emanates from tho pouch qf tho musk deer that fills a whole space for years and years with its penetrating odor an odor, which an illimitable number of extraneous substances cart carry on without diminishing its size and weight and what it is that tho warm sum mer air brings to us from tho flowers, no man has yet been ablo to determine. So fine, so subtile, so imponderable, it his eluded both our most delicato weights and measures and our strongest senses. If we come to the essence of each odor, wo should have made an enormous stritlc forward both in hygiene and chemistry; and nono would profit more than the medical profession, if it could bo as conclusive ly demonstrated that such an odor proceeded from such and such a cause, as wo already know of sulphur, sul phurated hydrogen, ammonia, and tho like. fc ..,. .. PrartlriU Imeiitln. A carriage has been invented in California to travel on flumes, whieh is propelled either up or down stroam by the force of tho current. It rests on flanged wheels, like railroad-car wheels, which run on rails laid on tho edges of the flume. Paddle-wheels adjusted to the width of the flume are attached to the axles. The force of the stream acting on the paddles as undershot wheels, cnuses the running -wheels to be turned in tho opposite direction to hat of tho current, and to move the carriage up the stream. If tho car riage is to descend the paddle-wheels are locked, and it is taken down by the direction of the current. This car riage has a capacity for carrying eight pounds (exclusive of its own weight) for every inch (miner's measurement) of water up tho stream, at a rate cf from four to eight miles an hour on grades of from four to twenty inches to tho rol, the speed increasing with the grade. The Spider. It is accounted in the North of England and the South of Scotland unlucky to kill a spider. This arises from the well-known story about King Robert, the Bruce. Hay ing mado six: abortive attemps on the crown of Scotland, ho was hiding ia a cave. Ho saw a spider six times fail in trying to fix its web. It tried a seventh timo and succeeded. Bruce tried a seyenth time, and freed his country at Bannockburn. No Scots man, let alone x Bruce, would kill a spider. i?r '-