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WKEKLY OEEGON STATESMAN.
WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN.
FRIDAY
JTNE 22, 1S77.
INMU TII RUM.
Enough is now known of the Idaho
Indian war to locate it and understand
ly what Indians it is being waged. The
out-break occurred on Salmon river in
1-iaho, but the Indians concerned in this
var ranges over considerable territory,
extending into North Eastern Oregon.
We find in the Holt County Express,
a paper published in Holt; County, Mo,,
the following letter :
Salem, 0sm May S, 1S77.
Peak Bro,: I to-night will try and write
a few lines, as we have not received a scratch
of a pen from home yet. 1 feel somewhat
tired, as I have been walking around most
all day nshing. but resulted as all fishers
generally do. I do wish to goodness you
could see this country and not le compelled
to remain here. I would not live here, or
in Washington, for both of them together. I
have not the power of speech to express my
f eelincs for the place. I am going to return
to California and Bo to work. 1 could have
got employment at $75 per month, but no.
The Wallowa Valler. situated in the ex
treme Northeast, is the principal bone of the Oregon and Washington fever; hut
. . . thank Uod it has greatly cooled down, and
contention. This is a beautiful valley sur
rounded on the south and west by rugged
mountains in which the Indians can re
treat and defy their pursuers. These
mountain fastnesses are not as inipregna
lle a the lava beds, but afford more sus
tenance; so that for the purposes of a guer
rilla warfare are more favorable.
The number of Indians, perhaps, will
exceed one hundred warriors these may
le strengthened somewhat by young am
bitious savages from various Indian tribes,
but not to any considerable extent.
Should Joseph and his band be able to
get into the Wallowa Valley before troops
can reach there, the probabilities are that
ttH the settlers will be murdered or driven
out. We are not informed of the nura-
now to be safe and out of danger, is to get
out, and you bet your liottom dollar t will
do so soon. I don't presume you will be sat
isfied with our opinion of the country, but
want to see it yourself. Well, how can it be
much of a country when the only thing the
farmers raise to get money out of is wheat,
and some little wool, but of a very poor
quality IS and 20 ceub per pound, 2 and 3
pounds to the sheep, fan buy brush land
for 7 to 10 dollars per acre, and cost 30 to
$40 to get it ready tor cultivation. The
web-footed people call it "brush laud." It
is very near as neavy as any laud in the bot
tom or bluffs; taking out the heavy trees it
is oak, fir. ewe, dogwood, tilUert, hazell and
several other kinds grow to the height of 30
and 30 feet.
No. you say this: "Well, they have gone
out there and got homesick, and the blues,
and curse the country," when it is a good
country. Well, such is not the case. We
' are not homesick, nor have we got the blues;
l it v.m bm Biriatijul u-ith our illilcrmotl
ber of settlers, but presume there are not j 0fcrar9e yoa -m come and see for yourself;
leas than thirty or forty families, but not but if you do, I would advise you to
enough to defend themselves for hut con-; some where else as you come
. i along, for I know it will not suit you. home
aiderable tune against such a force. ; people here are the blambedest" liars you
Therefore it is to be hoped that no time j ever saw. We got acquainted with one. He
Ilbelo.t in sending a sufficient toMtt 'SStott
to protect the settlers. The valley can be ropt law and has not a foot of anything. He
reached in one day s travel from Grande j is writting for the journals and papers ask
Bonde Valley. It will squire prompt W'Tu Sol
action and skillful management to pre
vent serious loss of life. One hundred
(mure or less) well armed and mounted
savage can do a great deal of harm in a
very short time.
It is greatly to be hoped that swift
punishment will be dealt to these rene
gades, so that not only these, but all
neighboring tribes will see the folly of re
storing to arms to settle a real or sup
posed grievance. We want no peace pow
wows, no peace commissioners save pow
der and shot. .Plenty of these put where
they will do the "moat good" will have a
civilizing effect and make a few good In
dians. Temporizing may do for a while, but it
h not the way to deal with Indiana. The
work of civilizing and christianizing the
Indians will do well enough after all their
fighting propensities have been shot out
cf them, but before that it is "loves labor
lost" Fair dealing is always right, but
firmness is indispensable, in all business
with Indiana.
Once they are made to know their place
then it will be time to commence (each
tag them how to live. We have great
sympathy and consideration for all peace
ably disposed Indians, and would have
them fully protected and encouraged in
the way of well doing, and are prepared
to regard their short comings with a great
deal of charaity and make all due allow
ances for their degraded situation, but
until they do know, and are made to
fear the power of the people they have to
deal with,there will be permanent peuace.
The Coriime Record says that Memory
MeCrary, a brother of the Secretary of
War, lias been a Mormon for the past 25
years, and has now gone to Washington to
see his brother. He has two wives. The
other day, a reporter interviewed one of
his sons, who was quite communicative.
you are coining, or wish to come to pur
chase land, and ask him what kind of laud
there is, and how much per acre and what it
produces, especially how much corn per acre,
and the prospects for the hog market and
what wages are.
They raise no corn at all, only what oats
they need for their own use. Land improved
$30 to $50 per acre ; farm hands $2G and
their board, and every thing that way.
Only ten men to every job waiting for it
Address, Daniel Newsome, Salem, Ore
gon. Don't mention our names, but say you
seen his name in some Oregon paper sent
you. Your Brother,
Frask Noxl.
Wjth Oregonians comment on the
foregoing letter is unnecessary, but such
publications abroad are calculated to do in
justice in some measure. A careful analy
sis of the spirit of the letter, however,
will disclose the animus of the writer and
show' him to be not only what he denies,
"homesick and blue," but also reckless in
regard to truth.
Mr. Noel seems to regard California as
all right when he avers that he "could
have got employment at $75 per month
while he gives wages in Oregon as being
$26 per month; now any man with a
thimble full of brains knows there is not
that difference in the price of labor be
tween the two localities; in fact there is
but very little if any difference. Mr.
Noel savs "Some Tjeoide here are the
blambedest liars you ever saw." How is
it with him when he says "the only thing
the fanners raise to get money out of is
wheat, and some little wool, but of a poor
quality 18 and 20 cents jier pound, 2 and
3 pounds to the sheep?" Contrast tliis
with the price lists as given by the Phila
delphia market reports, which grades Ore
gon only third in the great wool growing
districts of the United States and for
evenness of fibre first The average
weight of wool fleeces in Oregon averages
from five to seven jxmnds. Mr. Noel s
other statements are about as far from
the truth as those to which we have al-
THE IAMAS WAK.
The out-break of the nou treaty Nex i
Perce Indians, is far more serious than at ,
first apprehended. These are the same.
Indians tliat liave been contending ior
the possession of the Wallowa Valley in
Eastern Oregon. Our reports are sotus
what vague, but enough is known to'giye
the matter a very serious aspect Several
lives have already been sacrificed and
considerable loss of property sustained; to"
say nothing of the general stagnation of.
business, and the great anxiety that must
prevail, all through that country. There
are not Indians enough to magnify the
difficulties in tothe projMirtionsof a Russo
Turkish war, but the great misfortune iB
that such a condition of tilings could be
made possible in this country under any
circumstances. We are not disposed to
censure any particular individual or coia
munity, but it does seem that there has
been some bad management somewhere,
when a small squad of Indians, nuniler
ing perhaps not more than oue hundred
warriors, in all, should become so em-,
boldened as to dare to rise in war against
the government, esjecially so when we
consider the surroundings of these In
dians and their npportunitiesfor knowing
the strength of the people with whom
they were going to war.
We ought not to expect very much
from "untutored savages," iu the way of
learning to respect treaty obligations, and
the laws of civilization, but they can lie
made to feel the certainty of punishment,
in every instance of violated peace stipu
lations; they can 1 governed through
fear if not through moral principles. We
are not prepared to say that these Indians
have no just grievances, but they ought
to have been taught before this, that no
possible good could come of any forcible
opposition to the government
He said his father had taken his second
wife about eighteen months ago. "She 1 inded. Mr. X. evidently wrote under
was a widow named Thornton and liad a ! disappointments; he had been fishing and
batch of young ones by her former hus
band. But Lord ' you ought to have
seen the rumpus mother kicked nj when
the old man let on that he was going to
marry a second. Why, she gave the old
man h 1L She hit him on the snout
found the succors too wary for him; hence
bis disgust generally. It is unnecessary
to refer to all the misstatements made in
Mr. Noel's letter; the resources and pro
ductiveness of Oregon are two well known
M t . . 1. Ill , 11 1 111 , . 1 11V. Oil" 11 . . , . .
with a roU-ing pin, broke a wash-pitcher ! Bufft;r materially from such a splenetic
over his head, tore his best Sunday -go-to- j writer. If Frank Noel is still in this
meeting coat all to pieces, and threatened i county we think him right in saying
ta break his back if he ever brought No. .lgome Je here the uU-dest
2 to herji'mse. I tell you, there was;
lots of fun for a little while; but now it luira vou everaaw.
ail over. Mother had to give in." - -
r rr--- i We heard some inquires made about a
Chop Pbospfits. There are some mis-! certain twelve hundred dollars, which fell
p vmgs as to tne f all sown gram, lor tear oi
the straw getting such growthj'that it will
fall down. Spring sown grain is all right
so far as known. Every indication, how
ever, points to an abundant harvest of the
cereals. There is no reason for apprehen
sion as to prices. A combination of circum
titanees, such as war, failure of crops in some
localities, a due appreciation of the quality
of erain rawed in this country, as fully
demonstrated in the reputation established ! read.
in foreign countries, leaves no reasonable
contingency on which to hang any doubts as
to fair prices, without looking to extremes,
as a result of long continued war. liaise
the wheat it will sell.
to the share of CoL Cann in a little trans
action wherein the tax funds from Lino
county, were used in the purcliase of
claims against the State. Our columns
are ojieu to the CoL to make any explana
tions in relation to the transaction, and
to tell who his accomplices were. The
Col. once made an affidavit upon this sulj
ject, which perhajst the public would like
We print this morning among the tele
grphic news, a report of a Supreme Court
decision, which will be of general interest
to the public and esjwcial interest to some
of our readers. There is nothing perhaps
more calculated to retard the progress of
a country, than uncertainiry of title to
real estate. Fortunately for Oregon, this
embarrassment does not exist to any con
siderable extent; the only instances of the
kind thus far appearing have been through
supposed imperfect conveyances, either
by executors and administrators or sher
iffs. In nearly every instance the claims
set up have been on some technical grounds
rarely founded in justice. In too many
cases advantage has been taken of some
over-sight in judicial proceedings in mat
ters of record; greater stress is often laid
upon some minor details in the proceed
ings than upon substantial justice, and it
would seem sometimes as though our
courts of law made it their business to
scrutinize conveyances more with a view
of unsettling titles than to enforce jus
tice. The Supreme Court holds that the
"Policy of law does nut require courts to
scritinize proceedings of a judicial sale
with a view to defeat them. On the con
trary, every reasonable intendment will
be made in their favor so as to secure, if
it can be done consistently with legal
rules, the object they were intended to
accomplish.'' If this wise jolicy were
adi Dted by our courts universally and the
shyster lawers were made to to under
stand it, the country would le the gainer
and the judiciary honored in dealing
righteously.
Here is how the New York Sun re
ceives an application from our State Li
brarian for a gratuitous copy of tliat pa
per :
The following communication reached
us yesterday :
State of Okbuox,
State Libuaiax, Salzm, May 17.77.
EniTOk New York Sm Dear Sir :
The donation of the weekly jssue of your
journal, to be placed on file in the libra
ry, will ! gratefully accepted ana ac
knowledged by
our Obedient Servant,
J. B. LlhTKR, State Libraian.
It is wonderful how official begging in
creases, uniy tne otner day me ue iacto
President of the United States applied to
us, through his private secretary, for tlie
gift of a free copy of our valuable paper
for his own reading; and here we have the
sovereign State of Oregon making a simi
lar request V e decline tor Oregon as
we declined for Hayes, it can e. i ne
Sun is not made to be given away for
nothing, either to de facto Presidents or
rising commonwealths.
i MRU, BE M.ABAl'a WILL.
j Cassandra Calvert de Bussierre,
Boutrix of her mother, Notley Ann Conn
Holladay, has brought suit against her
lather, the famous Ben Hidladay, of Cal
ifornia, and others to set aside the pro
bate of a will by her mother made prior
to that under which she claims as execu
trix. Bou Hulladay, Jr., and Jennie L.
H.De Pourtales Gorgier, with Mine. De
Bussierre, were children of Mr. Holludny.
Mrs. De Pourtales Gorgier died in 1873,
leaving one child, Marie P. L. De Pour
tales Gorgier. Mrs. Holladay made a
will dated just lmfore her death, in 1873,
iu which, after making some small lega
cies, she gave the income of one-third of
her property to each of her three chil
dren for life, the share of each then to
go to his or her children. At the time
this will was presented iu Westchester
eouuty, in October, 1873, for probate,
another brief will, made 4.y Mrs. Holla
day in March, 1871, was also offered and
was admitted the following Decemlier.
Mme. De Bussierre says she was at the
time a minor, married to a foreigner and
living in a foreign country. Under the
influence and advice of her brother, Ben
Holladay, Jr., and supposing he intended
vigorously to contest the will of 1871, by
which all property was given by Mrs. j
Holladay to her husliand, lien Holladay,
she took no earnest stej to oppose its
probate. She now seeks to re-establish
the last will and her rights under it.
The projierty involved is aWit RKMKiO
of ersonal property, a house in New
i ork and a farm in estchester county,
supposed at one time tolw worth $7410,0(10.
11 has been mortgaged to the Mutual
Life Insurance Coiuiiany for $100,000
since Mrs. Uollady's death, and also to
S. M. L. Barlow for 100,l00, the last
mortgage having been assigned to Bel
mont & Co.
The answer of the mortgagees and the
other defendants is substantially that in
January, 1871, Ben Holladay, being
then the owner of the Westchester prop
erty, and desiring to secure an independ
ent income for his wife during her life,
entered into an agreement with her,
whereby he conveyed to her this property,
she, at the same time, making a will in
his favor, so that at her death it would
revert back to him. It is further charged
that when she made the later will she
was not in fit condition to execute any
will, and that the decision of the Surro
gate excluding it was made after full ex
amination showing such unfitness. This,
however, her children, who were
her during her last illness, deny.
with
I UK r CATTLE.
I LTnATIG MUMEK RST.
There exists a great difference, says
the Sacramento Record Union, between
the opinions and practices -of growers of
vegetables, and summer cros geuorally,
upon the subject of their cultivation in a
dry season like the present. While all
agree that the soil should he thoroughly
cultivated and pulverized Itofore planting
and during the continuance of spring
rains, some maintain that frequent
stirring of the soil with the Cultivator'or
horse hoe during the entire growing sea
son is advantageous in securing moisture
and plant food to the roots, while others
cease the cultivation and let the soil set
tle down couqiactly whenever the spring
rain ceases and the seed of weed coase
to germinate and grow. Those who
maintain the former views and practices
seem to act upon the idea that if the
soil is kept loose and porous it will attract
and condense moisture from the atiuos
phere, while those who assert the latter
views and let the soil become hard, act
upon the idea that the moisture is all iu
the ground, and plants are supplied with
that moisture by its rising towards the
surface, and consequently if at the sur
face it meets a hard crust or other ob
struction its delay in this manner results
in advantage to the plants. We have
frequently urged in these columns the
inijNirtaiice of keeping the soil well
Btirred and particularly well pulverized
on the surface, and while we believe that
soil so cultivated condenses a great deal .
of moisture from the atmosphere in our j
dry climate and cool nights, and more
tlian it receives from Iwlow the surface
by evaMratioii or capillary attraction,
still if we believed iu the latter opmioii
we should advise the same thorough and
continued stirring n the surface. Ac
cording to the condensing idea, or the
theory that the soil attracts or condenses
moisture from the air, the more porous
the surface is kept by cultivation the
more the air will penetrate it, and the
more moisture it will leave or doixisit
there for the more cool surface will the
air come in contact with. This condens
ing of moisture from the atmosphere by
presenting to it cool surfaces of the soil
is aptly illustrated by the pitcher of cold
water with which all are familiar. The
drops of water that collect on the outside
of the pitcher are condensed from the
air as it comes in coutuct with the cool
surface. Iu the same way will the
soil, tliat is cooler than the air.
condense water from the air if the latter
can come in contact with it By keeping
the surface well pulverized and porous
1 the air penetrates to where the air is
i cooler than it is, and the moisture is ahui
1 atmtracted or condenses from it. On the
other hand, if we go on to the theory
flint tin. moisture rises lirincinallv from
below we would still pulverize and keep
the surface stirred froquently. In this
case the surface soil will act as a mulch
to catch or impede evaporation, and will
thus ' secure it for the roots of plants.
In other words, if the surface be allowed
to remain undisturbed, it will, in this
climate, crack and open in crevices, and
thus established channels for the moisture
to escape will be formed and evaporation
will carry moisture away rapidly. It is a
fact which all must admit, that hard, un
cultivated soils, soils that bake on the
surface, become much dryer than those
that are of a more porous nature, whether
that jxirousness lie maintained by the
nature of the soil or by cultivation. We
say, let the cultivator le kept moving.
Very few will dispute, says the Coun
try Gentleman, that it pays to keep live
stock, the profits will be in proiwrtioii to j
the management of it; therefore any oue
would suppose, on first thinking of the
subject, surely every stock-raiser will
have the very best attention paid that
can possibly be contrived. Is it so?
Alas ! no. In every herd, there are
tnjTal of the same age which differ in a
great degree in their aptitude to carry
flesh and in milking properties; also in
the flock, the difference in the weight and
quality of the fleece, as well as the con
trast in mutton qualities, will 1 very
great, and all these characteristics re
quire a watcliful and intelligent mind to
note the cause of every jwculiarity, so
that weeding out or judicious counterac-
uuiuiuij uc..n . j t; Kaiskb Dear Sir: Were you
A man who excels m tne management .klllK.ked ,mt of tilIle" ,y Iuy lowing
of cattle has studied the disunion and , Constant ine, the bloody scoundrel,
Habits or animals, auu luiuerwanus nai , .. tlll, ,t , t-a.lh Kundav as a
PMiLAMUMiivJune 20. The iollowing
letter will be of general interest :
London, Jan 9.
My Dear Mr. t'hilds: After an unusually
stormy jiassage for any season of the year,
and continuous seasickness generally among
tho iiassungers after tho second day out
mac bed liverpool, Monday afternoon, th
SSthnfMay. Jessie and I proved tolw
among the few sailors. Neither of ui felt a
moment's uiiunsiness during the voyage. I
had pniKauid to leave IjverjKml immediately
on arrival, and proceed to London, where I
knew our minister had made arrangements
for a formal reception and had accepted for
me a few invitations of courtesy j but what
was my surprise to find nearly all the ship
ping in the port of liveriool decorated with
the flags tif all nations and from the fore
mast of each a flag of the Union most con
spicuous. The diK;ks wore lined with as
many of the population as could find stand
ing room. The streets the hotel where it
was undorstsxl my party would stop were
packed. The demonstration was all to ap
iearauces as hearty and enthusiastic as iu
our departure. The Mayor was present with
his state carriage to convey us to the hote
and after that to his beautiful couutry resi
dence wine six miles out, where we wore en
tertained at a dinner with a small party of
gentlemen, and remained over night The
following ilay s large )arty given at the offi
cial residence of the Mayor in the city, at
which were mime some 150 of the distin
guished citizens and officials of the corpora
tion present Pressing invitations were sent
from most of the cities in the kingdom to
have me visit them. I accepted for the day
at Winchester, and stopped a few moments
at lxjioester awl at one other place. As you
have no doubt seen, the press of the couutry
has been exi-eediuclv kiuil anil courteous.
So far 1 have been jwrtuitted to travel iu reg
ular tram, much lea iu common cars. 1 ne
Midland road, which peuetrates a great por
tion of the Island, including W ales and
Scotland, have extended to me the courtesy
of their road and a lu!lnutn car to take me
wherever I wish to go during ths whole t
my stay in England. We arrived in London,
Monday evening, the 510th of Mar, when I
found our minister had accepted engage
ments for m up to the STtb of Jstw, leaving
but s few re days in ths interval On Sat
urday last we dined with the Duke of Well
ington, and last night a formal reception at
Judge tterrqiont's was hold. It was a great
success the nxsit brilliant in number, rank
and attire of audience, and was graced by the
presence of every American in the city, who
had called on the Minister or left s card for
me. I doubt whether London ever saw a
private house so elaborately or tastefully
decorated as was our American Minister's
last night I am deeply indebted to him for
the lauis he has taken to make my stay
pleasant and attentions extended to our
country. 1 app ruinate the fact and am proud
of it tliat the attentions 1 am reotuvuig ar
intended more for our country than fr me
Iieraoually. I love to aee our country to be
icrvs that it is by most all nation, and by
some even loved. It lias always been my
desire to see all joalousy between Kngland
and the UuiUxl Status abated, and every
sore healed. Together they are more power
ful lor the spread oi commerce sua ci viola
tion than all others coubined, and can do
more to remove the cause of wars by creat
iui! mutual interests tliat would bs so much
endanged by war. I have written very has
tily and a good deal at lungtn, out i trust
tins will not bore yon. . Bad I written for
publication. I should havs taken mors pains.
(Signed) V. 8. (JRAKT,
To (i. W. Chiloh, Esj.
(WKErui:t
kind of foKl suits them ls;st at every
stai'e of their existence, and how to treat
them at all seasons of the year and under
holy day, or have you lieen suffering from
that dreadful torture which always at-
Our British neighlmrs on the north are
having trouble with the Indians also. Vic
toria news of the 20th reports the killing of
three men by the Blackfeet Indians on the
line of the Canadian Pacific Bail road, near
t'atir Bucky Mountain camp
Will the Secretary of State explain why
he drew a warrant on the Treasurer in fa
vor of the clerk of the Superintendent of
the Penitentiary, before the same was
due and in violation of law!
An apiarian in Utah estimates that one
acre of mignonette will furnish sufficient
nasturase for one hundred stocks of lees.
This plant is the main dependence of the
bee-keepers of that territory.
every circumstance, so that he lias no tends a weakening of the spinal column;
sickness, excepting of such a kind as no In ekliur caiH.( or ,,,, Iliatu.r w)mt the
Attention to cattle will W, at all events, j " ' We Wn for your sudden
and attendant are both i silence, you nave my pity.
I learn confidentially tliat some of the
It would seem that all persons "cajiable
of writing anything for publication" would
know enough not to send a communica
tion for publication without sending the
real name of the'author, not always for
publication, but for the security of the edi
tor; but such are not the facts almoetdaily
some such corresKindence goes into our
waste basket No communication, how
ever meritorious, can be noticed unless
the author's name is given, confidential if
desired.
Oku. Brown was in the city on Thursday,
and looking just as cool as if there w as no
war going on. The General s ready if
called on.
and if owner and attendant are
skillful in the absence of breeding, so as j
to produce sujieriority in shape and con- j
stitution in the descendants, by the ju
dicioiis mating of the parents, as well as
in bringing every generation nearer isar
fection by forcing every gxl trait, suc
cess will follow to a greater extent.
A i:a-.
Manners are the happy ways of doing
things; each one a stroke of genius or of love
now repeated or hardened into usage, they
form at last a rich varnish, with its details
adorned. If they are superficial, so are the
dew drops which give such a depth to the
morning meadows. Manners are very coio
municatable; men catch them from each
other. Consuelo, in the romance, boasts of
the lessons she had given the nobles in man
ners, on the stage and in real life. Talma
taught Napoleon the art of behavior. Gen
ius invents fine manners, which the baron
sud baroness copy very fast "d by the ad
vantage of a palace, better the instruction.
They stereotype the lesson they have learned
into a mode. The power of manner is in
cessant an element as uncunuealable as fire
The nobility can not in any country 1 dis
guised, and no more in a kingdom. oman
can resist their influence. There are cer
tain good manners which are learned in good
society, of that force that, if a person have
them, he or she must be considered, and is
everywhere welcome, though -without beauty
or wealth, or genius. Give a boy address,
and accomplishments, and you give him the
mastery of palaces and fortunes, where he
Koes: be lias not the trouble of earning or
clergy are very indignant liecause there
bus W'li any discussion at all upon this
Sunday question, for, they say, not one
person in ten would, otherwise, have
known how Sunday came to lie a holy
day. You see, they are in as bad a
quandary as I was in my last to you, for
if they deny that the murderer Coustau
tine (who killed his wife by hiiving her
cast into the hot bath), was the author of
the Christian Sunday, then no person
can lielieve them on other points, for his
tory establishes this tact lieyond all
cavil. And if they don't deny it, then
how can they jiersuade people to observe
as sacred a duv established by such a
black-hearted villain ) The truth is, my
dear sir, that old Theology lias nothing to
gain and everything to hste by any sort
of discussion, simply from the fact that
Theology was invented iu the dark ages
when science and philosophy wercig
nored, and therefore will not liear the
test of enlightened criticism lor a mo
ment. I think, my dear Kaiser, tliat
vou niust'be a novice in Theology, fur
the sly old foxes of Christianity would
never have been caught trying to reason
faith and belief are their strong suits.
Sympathetically thine,
W. H. Cha.hey.
The Board of Health of the District
of Columbia recently condemned five car
loads of vinegar sent from Chicago, on
the ground tliat it is not a genuine article
and is very injurious to health. An
analysis of tho so-called vinegar was
made. It apsL-ars, according to the re
port of the Board of lluultlt, that the
vinegar contains 54 i grains er gallon of
anhydrous sulphuric acid, combined with
lime, to form sulphate of lime equivalent
to 117 grains of gypsum per gallon, and,
licsidcs that, five grains of free sulphuric
acid jier gallon. The Board also reports
that this sample was taken from an in
voice of more than 1,(KK) bands brought
here to lie sold as vinegar, and that it is
likely to find a ready sale on accouut of
its low price. The New York ( Hworver
gives the report its follows: "When we
think that oil of vitrol (.sulphuric aciu
can tie Ik night at five cents a )Hund, and
that a pound of said acid would render a
barrel of fluid as acid as the strongest
vinegar, the wonder will cease that it is
sold cheap. This, therefore, is a fraud
un commerce and a dangerous substi
tute for vinegar."
Mr. Scarlett, afterward first Lord Abiiij
gcr, and orounam s coiiieiii)Hjrary, was one
ol the most dexterous oi lawyers. on one
occasion he was for the defense in an action
of nuisance. A lady appeared as a witness
for the plaintiff, and Scarlett began inquir
ing tenderly about her domestic relations,
. . , J l ! Ml 1'1. 1...1.,
ner niticiron, ana tuuir uiireso. x no muy
became confidential, and appeared flattered
by the kind interest taken in her. The
J udge interposed with a remark about thebr
relevancy ol all this. Scarlett begged to be
allowed to proceed, and on the conclusion of
the crists-exumination said, aly 1-onl, that
is iiiv case. He bod shown that, iu spite
of tiie alleged nuisance, the lady bad brought'
up a large and healthy laimJy; and tne jury,
amused as well as convinced, gave li i in a
verdict
The Alta California suys: "Viorue," the
lady corressiiident of the Chico Iudepend
ent is a little "gone" on Steve Massett
She writes: "I prefer to hear him recite
than to see the best actor that ever trod the
boanls before the footlights, and his iuiiiii
table rendition of the words of the iioet will
owning them; they solicit him to enter and j thrill the listener's ear ith the light and
oosseas. Emerson. I subtlety of s uew meaning."
Ml !..
1 nit in in v room in the Uiiinltiriit.
AtHl look nt iiiv books ivinif nmnil:
Monotony is liariing and sound.
I tliink of my friends tlml are m-atturcil,
I think of my friend that are near,
And I wimdur if iny wstl would fesl flattered,
Could their thmit-hu of myself re;h my ear.
Could tlieir tlxui$hUi unvarnished and ojnly,
Withnut hvjojrilieuJ foiise,
Ue Uud like an umn lssk 'tore me,
A chapter that clear to the eyes.
Would their Ixsutt of love and eateum.
Hear s knot) slid critical test?
(it would tliere be few whoss hearts emild redeem
Their romiM of friendshii till death t