SaJoo;inni).
Yentcrdny, W. Will.ird Jofferaon,
of Salom prairie, purchased 150 ncrcuof
land, partly improved, throe milcii cast
of Brooks' ntation, from Undo David
Nowaouie for $1,(550.
riro nt at. Meloui.
Tin residence of tho Muckle Bros, nt
Mt. Helens wart deat'oyod by mo yester
day forenoon, not withal Miding the. p.-eat-cst
c v rticu.1 to biivo. The lo.wi 11 buid to
be f '.',r'G0, nnd no ins era, !'.
A UundiDrun Vovsc.
Tho lust number of tJio llMouraM of
Oregon and Washington showy marked
impiovemcnt. It is an excellent jour
nal; filled with vnlunblo information and
carries success nnd prosperity on its face.
A Mlttalio.
A few days ago a report was current
that Mr. B. F. Buroli, late superintend
ent of thn penitentiary, had started a
drug ntoro in Independence, This, wo
hoar, in a mistake, nnd that he will en.
gage in tho lumber busmen.
- -
Rib Fraotnrod-
Mr. McLaughlin, propriotor of tho
Canyon milk ranch, fell on the sidewalk
lo3t Thursday und lay theto until picket!
up and convoyed to his home. An ex
amination of his person disclosed the
fact that ono rib wni fractured in two
place nnd tho next ouo also broken.
Ho sufl'erH intensely, but in perceptibly
improving.
Fonolnc tho Enoloture.
Workmen are preparing the fenco to
surround tho enclosure in which John
mm ami Brown nre to bo executed on
tho south Hide of the courthouse. Tho
lumber is being Hawed tho roquisito
length nt tho yard of tho contractor in
ordor to avoid noise near tho building,
and no that it can bo constructed in a
uhort timo without unnecessary parado.
Exscutlva Appointments.
Ilia excellency, flov. Thayer, haa just
made tho following appointments: No
taries lublio P. C. Renfrew, McKenrio
Bridge, Lnno county; M. M. Melvin,
Norfolk, 'Douglua county; uud Jos. 0.
Chapman of Portlnud. Geo. V. Lincoln,
Esq., No. 49 Nassau street, New York
City, hoa been nppoiutod Commlsnioner
of Deed for Oregon.
Pay Day.
Last Saturday something hnjioncd to
the boldicro stationed at tho garrison nt
Wnlla Walla which did not not happen
tothem in hcvcnteen years. Timy ro
coived their juiy in gold and silver, and
tho sight of tho twenty-dollar piocen filled
ftomo of tho Itoys witli ho much " oil of
giadniW that they didn't get over it for
a week. Othera ugain saved their coin
for bettor puposes, hut such is life.
Claims fca was Robtod.
Janice Newambern (that's as near his
name as wo can get it) a Ruaian, wont
into Lafayette on Friday lout ami nworn
to au information before Justice Hem
hew, that ho had been a victim of high
way robbery at tho hands of Joel Flan
nery, to the tuno of HO gold coin. Tho
Sheriff brought tho prisonor Flannery
before Justice Hembreo on Baturdny
evening, when ho gave bonds in the sum
of $300 for his appearance.
Brokam to Fiaoss-
Tlie Statesman says yesterday Captain
Smith started to come down the river
jpth a large rafi of logs All went well
until the niouili of Kola slough was
reached. Here the river was so shallow
that the rait struck the bar and went to
piece. The Luckiamute Chief brought
down pirt of the raft while the rest were
left, wr.ich will be brought down to-morrow.
The logs were 'or the Capitol
Lumbering Mills nt Salem.
Aunlhllota Thoui.
The Walla Walla Watchman says rur
friend and fellow grander, Mr. Thomas
Eastman, informs in tint miriadsof squir
rels are am, devouring everything that's
tender, freh and green. Wheat fields
will suffer unless they are annihi ated, by
our county commissioners offering prize
money for scalps and by the united ef
forts of our farmers in procuring squirrel
poison, not br the pint but by the bushel,
and those able to procure plenty must
share with those who are p.ior. Use the
poison with cue, but kill the squirrel be
fore they increase anil mnltiply. One
killed in February is equivalent to 27 in
May and better than 500 in July,
Attempted Sulclda
On Thursday evening about 7 P. M.
ys tho Hnrrisburg Nucleus, a daughter
of Mr. Cady, about 17 years of ago at
tempted to tako her own lifo by shoot
ing herself with u Colt's rovolvor. Tho
JUctd at near as we could learn them,
are as follows: Kho was out in tho door
yard, and tho father hearing a pistol go
off went )o thj door and met her coming
into tho hoiije. "Who fired off that
'pistol I'1 said liar father, "I have shot
myself," laid she, holding holding hclj
'u'anid ovoii thp wound, nnd walked .on
into thu houc. Dr. Williams of this
city was irunvdiately called, anil ha as
certained tlavT. tho ball had entered just
below the pit of tho htorauch, ranging
downward and coming out at the aide.
Dr. "Williauu said it would bo impossi
ble to telMvhat tho result might 1&
The canso'of this Btrango act on her
part is some'vbat shrouded in mystery.
Flying rumors are abroad as the cause
of thU rash act, but we know nothing
definite about it. I
Hard an Shoe?,
Thb Astorian Kays : Wo aro sorry to
hear that tho cold weather hns worked
against tho sheep of Clatsop. It luw
frozen tho graw, and nomo aro dying be
cause thoy do't know ho-.v to rat rrruv
like oa ox.
Didn't Tnlto Ilia Man.
A .flpecial deputy sheriff camp to La
f lycttd from F..i!;t City Lwt Wcdnw..
day, a:id ftft"r qjiMing his warrant
.dinxl by Jitsticu Ucmbree, nnvstcd
Abel Gcorgi on a ciiavjo ot obtaining
tiioncy undi'i' false pretenses in Baker
City. After formally arresting his pris
oner, tho deputy allowed him bin free
dom until Thursday morning, when thoy
were to start for Baker City together.
During Wednesday afternoon, however,
the bondsmen of Abel (korge, who is
under indictment here in a shooting
scrape, surrendered him to Sheriff Kelty,
who locked him up, so that tho deputy
sheriff from Baker City lost his prisoner
whilo und'T arrest. Tho Courier says
Abel is in the gaol, nnd tho Baker City
man has gono homo minus his prisoner.
Tho Col'imbta Itlvor Bar
A dispatch of tho 2dinst. from Wash
ington says : Gen. Humphreys, Chief of
tho Engineer Department, has forwarded
to Congress, through tho Secretary of
War, a report of Major Oillespio of tho
survey of the bar at the mouth of tho
0 lumbia river, made in compliance with
the requirements of tho river nnd harbor
net of last year, with a view to iU per
manent improvement Gen. Humphreys
nyn : " Thu sun ey is completed ns far
as neeemry to establish tho condition of
channels nnd bar, us existing nt tho time
it was made, but prolonged and careful
study of thoso conditions, as affecting
tho character of tho harlor, is necessary
in order to determine what artificial
moans may Ihj requisite to maintain a
permnuent channel across tho bar. I
therefore concur with Major Oillespto'M
recommendation that $5,000 bo appro
priated for the continuation of tho sur
vey nnd for further observations upon
currents at tho cntranoo of tho river.
Tba Latt of tha Parkin' Mnrdtrcra
Mr. Sam Oppenheimer arrived in tho
city from Colville, W. T., and report
the capture of the last of tho Pcrkin's
murderers by strategy, and his incarce
ration in thn Colville jail. His arrest
was effected by Messrs. Thelps and Gre
gory, tho hist named being n brother-in-law
of tho murdered Perkins. Having
learned that tho savage wos renosini; se
curely in British Columbia thoy pro
cured tho serviccti of a band of friend
ly Indians who crossed tho boundary and
represented to tho fugitive their posses
sion of a fine lot of old whisky, and pro
visions near at Hand, in Washington
Tern ton', and invited him to come and
enjoy them with his friends, which ho
could do without danger. Suspecting no
deceit, ho availed himself of the offer,
but no aoonor had ho touched republican
soil than he whs pounced on by tho two
white men in nmlmsii and made prisoner,
lie was bound safely nnd brought to tho
frison prepared for his reception. This
ndiau was the first of tho murderous
gang to fire upon tho unfortunate Per
kins and his wife.
Supreme Court.
Monday, Feb. 3.
Ktuil Shutz, appellant, va Dallw Mili
tary Bond Co., rvvpondcntN; opinion by
Botto, Justice.
HYLAlll'd.
1, Contractors to carry United State
mails employ others to owist iu trans
porting the mail.
' The plaintiff, Kuril Schut Jiaving
received tho mails regularly from tho
United States Postmaster, hnri a right
to transport tho sama freo from tolls over
tho roid of the Dalles Military Bid
Company.
3. In constructing their rood tho
Dallos Military Road Compuny was re
quired by thn act of Congress and tho
act of the State Legislature ond 1 iwt. of
Oregon, to construct their road 10 feet
wide generally, and 10 feet wide where
there were cuts six or more feet deep,
also to bridge tho streams not forduhle.
I. If the plaintiffin carrying the mails
was obliged to cross bridges not on the
road in consequence ot tho want of
proper bridges not on tho road and puy
toll therelor he cau recover tho same
from the company. Judgment of tho
court below atliruietL
Ivuld t Bush, apiK'Hants, vs T Smith,
respondent; appal from Marion county.
By order of court as per agreement of
parties this cause was continued tor tho
term.
W. 17. Gilmore, guardian, respondent,
vs II. C. Ilurch, appellant; appeul from
Yamhill comity; c.iuso on trial.
Court adjourned till 5) o'clock to-morrow
morning.
Monday, Feb. 3.
In the caso of B. F. Dowell vs. W. C.
Griswold Motion for a rehearing was
denied.
AV. R, Gilmore, respondent, vs H. C.
Burch, appellant ; appeal from Yamhill
county Argument concluded and sub
mitted. John Mintof resjxindent, vs Win. Di
lany, appellant ; appeal from "Marion
countyArgued and submitted "
Court adjourned till to-morrow mom
ing at 9 o'clock.
Suspicion dwells innate in every hu
man breast. K ven tho word of George
Waslungtou would bo doubted if ho at
tempted to account for a. black cvn liv
stating that a stick of kindling wood
now up and hit him. Chicago Alliance.
Aurora Ailhira.
From Hon. John Gcisy, of Aurora,
tho Statesman IcarnH, that business ia
prospering in tho colony.
Mr. (Jeisy also informs it that tho
uff.uin of this colony and tho parent col
ony in Shelby county, Muisouri, aro in a
fnir way to bo amicably ad'ustod. Hon.
Stephen Smith, Captain "Henry Will
aad Judgo Hamm-l Miller left on tho
ntoamur Oregon on he? last trip to iron
Francisco, on their way to MLsaouri; go
ing for thn purKisi) of making tho liual
settlement. These gentlemen aro good
nt busincM, and will no do'ibt bo nblo to
discharge the tnut committed to them
to tho tiatisfaction of all concerned.
Hie original projectors of tho Aurora
colony, on leaving the parent colony, left
their interest undisposed of, which it is
nov proposed to bottle. These colonics
have been very successful in business,
and have contributed quito a good deal
to tho prosperity of tho country, nnd
added nothing to tho criminal docket.
School Laws,
The school laws have leen published
and are now ready for distribution. We
noto tho following aa tho only important
change effecting school district Sec
tion 3 1 of tho act is 113 follows :
Section 31. Organised districts shall
hold annual meetings on tho first Mon
day of March, and shall elect ono direc
tor every year for inch district, who
shall qualify na nforesaid, and shall hold
his otlico for three years, so that tho
oldest director shall retire from olfico in
ordor. The directors elected on tho or
ganization of a district, hhall remain or
letiro ns tho vote of tho firet annual
meeting may decide; tho two getting
the highest votes to retain their ot
fico until their next annual meet
ing, nnd tho ono getting tho high
est vote thereat shall servo until
tho next annual meeting thereafter;
Provided, that in any district containing
fivo huuered or more qualified voters,
tho annual election for directors and
clerk shall bo hold nt from 'J P. M. till
G P. M.,of tho second Monday in March;
that such election shall bo by ballot, nnd
that the judged of such election nlmll
bo opK)inted by the directors of Hitch
district, who shall sit at tho timo nnd
plnco appointed to rcocire nnd canvass
tho votes, to report tho reault to tho di
rectors. But iu such district tho annual
meeting shall bo held on tho first Mon
day ui march tor tho transaction of bus
iness other than tho election of director
and clen:.
Tho law is not changed in regard to
thu timo of making clerk's report
Woman at the Bar.
From the San Francisco Chronicle we
clip the following paragraph relative to
Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on
the Pacific Coast. She gavn to a reporter
the particolart of her previous history u
appended:
"I was born in Indiana, near Indian
apolis, a little over j8 years ago. I was
married when a mere child, before ,1
knew my own mind, and 1 have had
troubles I don't with to speak of. Eight
years ago I went to Oregon, where I
lived three years, after which I moved to
San Jose, and have lived there ever since.
My mother and brothers lire theie, and
lather, who ts an attorney, is now in Art
zona engaged in mining, I have five
children, the oldest a girl of is years, the
youngest a babe of two One is with my
mother, on in Sacramento, and the
others are here with me. Ilaviig to
mate a living for them, I took to the
lecture Hell about two years ago begin
ning in .San lose, M fir it subicci was
"The I'oliticaf Emancipation of woman."
Jut think of itl A mcrri peal of laugh
er Isn t that a comprehensive subject
for a beginner? I met whh comidcrab e
success hero and 111 Oregon, navitig a
good 1 atural command of lingmgeand
some idea?, and was praised by the press
beyond my deserts, as ou can see by
this scrap book of notices. In preparimr
lectures I looked into Ulaczstone rtgard
ing the legal position of woman. That
inquiry led me on to Kent's Commen
taries, and so down to ihe statutes of Cal
ifornia, and thus created the taste for le
gal studiei which have become so en
trancing to me. Following ihi new bent
I began two years ago reading taw with
U U Stevens in iau Joie. Several
younc; men who began at tke same time
haien't passed examination yet. In
Sf ptember lat, on my application, Judge
Ileldea, of the twentieth district court,
appointed a committee of examination,
consbting of C C. Stevens, D. W. Her
ringtonandF. i Spencer, Before them
1 pastcu a goou examtuation, and was
admitted to practice in that court."
Striking a Boionoo.
Representatives of nearly every State
and Territoiy in the Union assembled in
Philadelphia on the 15th inst., to make a
final settlement of the affairs of the Cen
tennial. Although the exhibition did
not financially come up to the expecta
tions of its managers, the balance sheet
shows that it wa by no means a failure.
The receipts f'om all sources amounted
10 over $11,000,000, and the expendi
tures, up 10 the present time, including
the return of the government app opria
tion of 81,500.000, and dMdonds to
stockholder, to about $150,000 less than
hat sum,
A late minister of Higgu, who wu a
reader in the pulp't, closed his discourse
with the word, "I add no more." "Be
cause )ou cannal" ex:laimed old woman
from her pew.
rortCHASINO POWER op gold.
English and Kur-pean oconoratata aro
discussing tho question vhcthor gold in
worth moro or lca thau it waa, r-nd ton
cludothntthomcrenacd production of that
uiutal for a titno lessened its put chasing
powor. Professor Jcvoun, of Oxford,
said in 18G9, that w'thin twenty yean
gold had tloprcci ited; that with nwpect
to fifty chiof commoditiw pricea had in
creased 18 per cent., which sig:ufiod 1
lowned purchasing power of gold. Tho
London Economist taken twenty-two
leading staples nau guide, ami showa that
taking fivo yean previous, to 1850 us 11
basis, or aa 100, there was a rLso to 130
in 1857; a fall to 115 In 1859; a rise to
172 in 1801; a fall to 121 in 18G9; vnri
0U8 fluctuations until December 1878,
when the purchasing power of gold was
104 aa compared with 1850, not so very
much discrepancy in twenty-eight years.
If wo conuider what changea have
taken ploco ia tho world sinco 1850 we
must see that prices have been regulated
a great deal by the inventions of that pe
riod; by,an improved nystcin of produc
tion nnd introduction of labor saving
machinery. It L) simply imosaiblc to
calculate the effect of these influences
upon prices. Also the law of supply
and demand have had much to do with
prices. Speculation has nt times caused
overproduction und produced revulsions
Some year have been tho horvesta ex
ceed tho wants of tho world and rple
tion haa caused bread and other products
to bo cheap, whilo disastrous years havu
Been small harvests nnd famino prices.
War haa its ellccta on prices; commercial
treaties and the opening or closing of
avonucn of trade all produce commercial
fluctuations, nnd wo must tak in viow
tho other fact of oichango of producU
and tho employment of currency to a
great extent as a token of vuluo and
meana of pxchange, gold being used
moro as a basis of value than as au ac
tive factor in commerce. All theso
things have to be taken into considera
tion in arriving atthctrutliaa to whether
gold gains or losea iu purchasing
power, s tho world grows in popula
tion nnd civilization; makes progress in
tho nrta and inventions, gold is required
for other ujcs than as money, and if gold
is tho world's money, moro of it is need,
cd every yoar. Tho conclusion arrived
at from the figures of tho Economist,
quotod above, Ls that at tho present timo
gold gains in purchasing power, and haa
been so gaining for some years past,
probably because the production of gold
b lean than for many yearn before. Port-
hndBee; r'
DKATH or PRESIDENT XUUB.
Wo regret to loam of tho death of
President Marsh, of Pacific University,
mho hsa beep an invalid for several years.
Ho has been identified from an early
day with. the institution of which he was
President, was activo and successful in
securing iu oudowment nnd in its man
agement, and deserves nnd will receive
houornblo mention in history ns ono of
tho early educators of our State, and ono
whi did much to advanco thn cause of
education hero. He diod in middle life,
and is sincerely monrnnd by many who
luvo been his friends and pupils. Ilia
doa.iso has followed yearn of illuess and
caused hU gradual rolinquUhuicnt of ac
tivo wotk, so that hU death will not
nffect tho succesi of tho institution. Wo
linvo heard it suggested that Rev. Dr.
Atkinson will probably bo invited to ac
cept tho vacant Presidency of Pacific
University, and if ho does, tho institu
tion will gain a capable nnd energetic
head, as well us u friend who will lo
unremitting in efforta for ita advance-
tiierX Portland Beo.
Frozen to Death In a Fixe.
" Tidking about cold weather," sud
denly broke in one of our oldest inhabit
ants, tho othor evening, " why you ought
to have been out in tho Statu of Minne
sotA in '30. I don't s'poso fourteen ther
mometers spliced together would a given
the mercury room to drop an low aa it
wanU-d to go. Ono awful cold night
colder than two of our coldest uighta
coimolidaU-d a hunter named Honking
built au extra big fire in hli log shunty
to keep warm, an' ho kept a piling on
the wood until hU shanty was all ublajse.
and vhen a few persons living roun'
there niw tho light an' run to hin assist-
unco, tLey saw iloaklnif nsottin in the
midst of tho flames a-shiverin' au' a rub
liu' of hU hanea ns though he couldn't
gt warm; and when tho shauiy was all
burned to ashus they found him iu the
ruins. a-scttin' on a big hickory log frozen
to dittth P How tho persons who went
to Hcking asjuitnuco managed to
capo freezing to death is what excited
tho wonderment of tho oldest inhabit
ant's listeners. Norristown Herald.
A bankrupt wis condoled with the
other day tor his embarrassment. "Oh,
I'm not embarrassed at allpsaid he:
"n't my creditors that arc etabarrasicd,"
CONGRESSIONAL.
WMuisOTOM, Feb. 1. McCrenry from tho
joint committee appointed lo inqniro Into
tho oiprttieuey of transferring tho Indian
bureau from tlio Interior to tho war depart
ment, submit ted a report signctt by four
inemberi of tlio committeo lu favor of trans
fer; ordered, printed.
Hoar from thdeommittooon nrlvIIerMand
elections, prcacntot n minority report in
favor c( a sixteenth amendment to the con
otitutinn prohibitinn tho HtitoB from din.'ruii
cluing pern na en account odtix, ordored
p'-iutod. Tho rpport ia signed by Caarron
of Wihcomln, Hour and Mitchell.
IMaiunds called up Senate bill to prorldo
for usecrtniiiing and wttllug private land
claims in Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico No
vada and Colorado. Tho object is to uotUo
titles to lands dorited from tho Bpaulsh and
Mexican aorernmenU. Tho bill was discuss
ed and laid aside.
Consldcrntlou was thon resumed of tho
resolution ot Kdmunds declaring tho validity
of tho 13th, Uth nnd lOlli amendments to
the constitution and Morgan continued hU
arRument in faTorof tho substltuto presented
by him.
The hpeiikcr announced that tho regular
order of btuinem vrus tho morning hour, nnd
pending Mil to u 'Ml for tho relief ot Malo
mrrou.
Tho House refused, 77 to 112, to consider
tho army reor(HuIatlon hill, nnd went Into
committee on army appropriation bill,
NcnHtr,
Waantt'oroN, Feb. 3.
Senator Vooihecu vook tho oath ot office
to-day under the recent election to fill tho
unexpired tram of tho Into Senator Morton.
McCrenry introdnocd a bill to tramfor tho
offlco of Indian affairs from tho interior to
tho war department. Laid ou tho table, to
be called up hereafter by McCreary, who
ftnro notice that he desired to submit soma
remarks.
Mr. Matthew Introduced a Joint resolution
providing for a commercial treaty with Mex
ico. Udmundu called up tho bill which vm
partly considered last week, to provldo for
ascertaining nud settling private land claims
In the Territories of New Mexico, Wyoming,
Arizona nnd Utah, and the States of Novada
and Colorado; pained.
Teller premnted a petition of colored peo
ple of LouiaUtnna complaining that thoy aro
not protected either in Ufa or property, and
that they wcr met by armed white men
known ns Democratic dabs, and that they
wero shot at and not allowed to hold meet
ings, nud therefore invoke protection from
tho federal government. Kefcrred to the
select committee, of which Teller is Chair
man. Harris, from select committeo on opldomlo
dlsoase, reported n bill to piovent tho intro
duction ot contagious or infections diseases
into tho United States, nnd to establish a
bureau of publlo health. Ordered printed
nud recommitted,
Morrill gavo notice that m soon as ha
could obtnlu tho lloer he would call up tho
bill to provide for taking tho 10th and nub
tcqiieut census.
The Hi onto thon, on motion ot Conldlng,
went into executive ooKhlon.
Neual.
IWaaitlMtlTOK Fob. 1,
Maiey from committee on post offices and
pout routes, reported an amendment to tho
postofMrii appropriation bill establishing a
steamship Hue between Now York and itlo
via Norfolk, nnd another between New York
nd Bio 7ia Oalieston, allowing aabsldy
ot$lW,0M)per annum to oaohllne; referred.
Cameron, ot Wisconsin, from committee
on privileges and elections, submitted a Ma
jority report signed by BepubUoon meaabvs,
declaring David T. Oorbin eieetsd Senator
from South Carolina, and that he U entitled
to his seat.
Hill, from tho same committee, submitted
a majority report, signed by Democratio
members, in favor of tha Inoumbeut M. O.
Butler; both reports ordered printed and
placed on the calendar,
Matthews from the committee on foreign
relations reported back a number ot petitions
in regard to claims of citizens of the United
Staled agniast Nicaragua with a resolution
provming lor n committeo of Ore Henatoni
to sit during recess and inquire into claims
for lives of relatives, imprisonment, rto,,
nd to what extent Nicaragua should make
comiH'nwttion Placed on the calendar.
Morrill from committeo ou Qnanoo. report
ed with no amendment Houso bill to sulho-
ri zo the Imuo of certificates of deposit iu uld
of refundlug the publlo debt; placed on the
csJeuuur.
Kdmunds gave notice that at the Unit op
portunity ho would call up tho Joint resolu
tion proposing an umenumcut lo (be consti
tution prohibiting thu payment of claims of
disloyal persona for property injured or de
stroyed iu the Into war.
Windoiu gavo notice that on Friday next
ho would cull np his resolution In regard to
the migration of colored people, aud submit
somo romarks,
C'oko tpoko at longthin favor of construct
ins a railroad iu Texas to tho ltiu Uruudf,
after which consideration wus resumed ul
thn resolution r,( Hdumuds, declaring tint
validity of tho 13th, 14th aud lCth amend
ments. llayard doclartd that the first ouo to throw
donbt upon the validity of tho amendment
wart the Senator from Vermont Kdmunds,
1IMWK.
Tho Houso bill in ceinmlttee of tho whole
rejected the amendments reducing tho urmv
to 17,000 and 'JO.OOO meu. The veto waa
118 noes, CO yeas.
In His Stooklug.
They shoveil along o 1 tho window-sill
iu tho KMt olhoo to givo Wicked Jack
room to sit down, and then resumed
their convent ition about K.tuu CIuiih
gifta. Ono Iwy got a knife, nno'.her 11
pidr of Hkates, and tho third atummeied
u little 0.1 ho Htated that he reoulel a
diamond pin.
"And you traded it for a dog V in
quired one.
"Well, no; I gavo it to tho baby to
play with nnd ho swallowed it."
"Diamond i good 'enufF for common
butcblacks," olMOrvcd Jack a: he cleaned
(lis nails with 11 tooth-pick, '"but you
oiler aueu tho gold watch I got I I tell
you tho fourteen diamonds nud twenty,
ouo pearl iu tho onn imulo mo hcream
right out when I hauled it from thu
stocking I 1 was weak in thu kneei 1
could hu'dly walk down town."
"And is it up homol" inquired 11 boy
with a frirtt-nitUii ear,
"Up homo ' Do you think I'm 'latsea
candy I" hcornfully replied Jack us ho got
down. "Not much I I rented it to a
member of thi ly.'gislattiro ut two dol
lars a day." Detroit Fico Pmi
A Be ok of Mormon.
" Tho Book of Mormon," or Mormon
Bible, which Joseph Smith, tho founder
of Mormoniam, claimed to havo received
direct from tbo uugcl of Txrd, was, na bo
bald, n rocord written upon gold platen
nearly eight inches long by noven wide,
n little thinner than ordinary tin, and
bound together bthreo ringn tunning
through tJm whole. Aa thia language
van engraved in n language known an tho
Ileformcd Egypt bin, it wa.i not trannlat
ablo to tno illiterate Joseph, and so two
transparent hIoiioh, anciently called tho
Urim and Thurium, Mt in silver lowu
after tho manner of Hpcctaclcs, wero
hamled down at tho same lime. These,
mado tho golden plates intelligible, nnd
sitting behind a blanket hung nenwa lib
room, to keep tho futcrcd rcconls from
profano eyes, Joseph Smith rend off tho
"Book of Mormon," or Golden Bible,
whilo n diaciplo Oliver Cowdery, wrote
it down. It waa printed in 1830, in ft
volumo of noveral hundred pngco, nud
the oignaturea of Cowdery nnd two other
appended as testimony of its genuine
ness. Later Smith and tho three wit
neascH quarreled ; tho latter renounced
Mormonism and avowed tho falsity of
their Uwtituoni. Another iutlinato of
Smitli'a testified that the Mormon foun
der had acknowledged to him that tho
records aud book wero all n hoax.
Tlio Bmitlut wero known among their
neighbors in Pulmyrn ami Waynu coun
ties, N. Y., whoro Joseph grow to man
hood, aa persons who avoided honest pur
suits, and engaged chiefly in digging hid
don treasure, Btealiug sheep and robbinjr.
their rcighbora' henroo6t, and were ac
counted false, immoial ami fraudulent
characters, of which Joseph wha aaid to
1h tho worst. Novertheleaa, Mormonism
grow, and flourished, though it waa
proven tliat tho real author of tho Mor
mon look waa Holomou Bpalding, a
quondam preacher and crratio literary
foniua who lived iu Coimeaut, Ohio, in
790, and wroto n romantio account of, "
vuu pvupiiug ui Amenca, xracmg me
Amoricaii lmiiami to tho tost triboa of
Iarael. Ho entitled hia work, " Manu
script Found," and further increased its
interest by a fictitious account of ita ilia,
covory in a cuvo in Ohia Ho placed
the manuscript in 11 printing oflico at
Pittaburg with which Bidney ltigdon, an
accomplice of BmithV, wua wunected.
illgdon copiul it, oftei mentioning thn
fact himself; and when tho "Book of
Mormon " inside its appearance a com
parison of thn two rewalcd their almost
exact likeness, ith the exception of tho
pioas oxpreasions aihled to the hitter.
The Monnon Bible traces tho origin
of tho American Imlian to Lehl, a Jew,
who lived in Jerusalem about C00 B. O.
Iu obedience to divino instruction, ho
found in America a New Jerusalem, and
dying soon after hia arrival, tho dimen
sions araoug hia sona resulted in thu
supremacy of the younger, Nephi, and
tho othera for their rvbelliouaneHH wero
condemned to havo dark akin and " be
come an idlo people, full of mischief and
aubtletft Booking in tbo wildcrncai or
beaaUi of proy." Kephi became tlw
ftther of n race of primitive kings, who,
kept their records upon golden plutee ;
and finally 0110 of their descendants,
Mormon by name, gavo hia name to the
religion which Joseph Bmlth left hia
slipcp stealing and treosuro-digging to
preach to tho world.
Damp Rooms.
In damp houses lurk the cannon of
many gravw diseaHea. Many a vnlunblo
lifo ban owed it e.xtinguUhrnent to a
damp U-iIrooim In tho Southern Ktntes,
and in California, whoro the Winter w
a "wet Hwuwri" this jHirtion of tho year,
Ls that iu which iLimpneai 'a goiu'rully
prevalent. In tho jwirlor and tho "apart
iMxInxtiu" thu damJineM uometiaios bo
eomea 110 great that it condeiuv in largei
drops ujion tho ceiling and walk Mold
fntmcutly makea iw nppoarruion, adding
to tho chilling damimeaa annther danger,
that of genu poisoning. Vaporo laden
witli orgunio matter aocend from tho
kitchen arwo frimi cooking vegetables
and, diiM'rniiiK theimtel veo throuuh thn
dwelling, condeiiKO ujon tho cold walln
of uuwarmeil rooms. Boon tltD'niHwi-
tion of the orgunio matter beta iu nnd
IKiiaonoua germs nud gasm nro developed.
ColdH, croup, diphtlierio, catarrh, eon
Hiiiujition, rheiunatlsin, neuralgia, goitre,
cerebro Kpliud meiiiugitu, nnd nnmerou
other dlHiukCH, originato iu damp dwell
ing rooms.
During the damp season, which in
eludes in most loculitictt the Autumn,
Winter and Bpriiig montliH, every occu
pied mom hhould Ui wanned ami aired
daily. When powiible vvvry room nhould
bo daily huniied. When there can bo
no utoio in a room it may Ixi wurmed
from 1111 adjoining room ; if 11 nk-eping
roftiu the bed should lo carriel to the
firu nnd wanned and airnl. ThIm ahutdd
be done iu the ufternoan on dump days,
so that the shuta may nut become damp
by ubsoiption of iiioisturo U-fore thoUtl
Li oec ljihxl at night. When tlila plan is
inroiivonient or inexjedient tho room
and bedding may bo quite eaHily dried
by mtMiui of n hinull gun or keroseno oil
Htovnti MivemJ very excellent patterns of
of which aro now manufactured. A man
could fcnrccly Hiifler great abuso nt tho
bauds of 11 friend than to bo put into n
itamp, musty, spire bed, in u damp,
moldy, unsunned, uuvi-utilr.tod jmni
btdrooin.'- Health Annual.
"Krc's a pretty go, Hill1 See this 'ete
book! It's called a 'Life of I'etrarch.'
the very 'oas as me an I yon 1 bin a laym'
off our money on so frcul And blowftf
if I ain't bin an' glv 'arf a-crown lor Ul"
"Well, what then?" "Wl.y, it's all alcut
a blootnin' ixjctl"