Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, December 26, 1879, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextWTUlMETTE FARMER Ealiroad Extansloa. Tho work of track -laying on tho West ern Orogon extension is being pushed forwnrd as rapidly as the wtather will permit. Tho track is now laid and con ntruction trains aro runnnig to tlio Luckiamute; nnd if tho weather ia fay orablo tho road will loach Corvallis within tho next twenty days. A Torrlbla Situation. TI19 Lakeviow Herald reports thnt Kalio Raines, aged 9 years, whilo riding it pony nenr Eagloville, was thrown from tho saddle, nnd, hanging by ono foot, hir head almost touching the cround. was carried by tho running Tony about three-fourths of a mile. She was horribly biuistd and received severe injuries, but it is titougnt sue iu re. cover. loo BounC. Yesterday Hoveml young ladiin who luvo bocn attending school at Bt. Helen's Hull took pat-sago on the Ouscadea boat for their bomo-t in Eastern Oregon to upend tho holidays Tlioir disaiipointment can bo better im agined than described when thry atccr taincd that navigation was closed, nnd they wcro compelled to return to the city. Their invents will sham their disappointment. Tho loo Blockade. Tho tidal wave of cold lifts at last readied this icction. and tha "Misusard" iSa full possession of tho Upper Colutn bia and Willamette rivers and will soon placo an icy grasp upon tho Lower "Wil latnetto and Columbia. When this takfs placo wo will bo ico-bound nnd business well como to a sort of refit un til a chungo takes plnco. Ibis morning tho Einmallnv ward, well planked aud armed with on ico cutter, started for tho Catcadr a, Sho went up the Columbia as far as porsirlr, and wuh then compelled to return, buinu unabla to reach that point Tho ctemncr Orient iitarttd for tho Uiincr Willamette. Hho went as farna tho locksntOiegon City, which wero frozen, and was nUo compelled to return to her doek in tins city, where sho will remain. An order was itEUid to-dny, sending tho steamboats into Winter quarter so an to lm prepared nnd in a safe plncn providing it general frosso up taken plnec BTUl!3lttP CtXd?0r.KIA. ft was tho, intention of tho owners to wnd tho htaanitthip CaHforr.Ki away on Thut8lav next at tho usual hour, but on account of the cold woathor. nnd tho probabilities of tl.o Lower Columbia cloning, her day has been cbuiigtd to to morrow incrninp, at 3 o'clock. Sho will tako a paitial loud of froight. UP Till: OOLUlUltA. Tho weather along thu Upper Ooltim bia is very haven1, us tho following din patches received nt 8 o'clock this morn ing, ovi r tho 0. B. N. Co.'h line, will show: lioon llivsn -Tin river is full of floating ice, moving blowly ; it is frcr.cn nbout. 100 feet from this shore solid; thermometer, 2 nlwve. OtscADrs IIvitj thing irozo up; thcr inonioter 1(1 below r--io, li.io is open above Tim Dallna Ci.lii.o 9:20 A. M.; thermometer at l o'clock this morning C below rem; bo-tvy ico running in tho. river uud snowing; wtather cdm. Dallih Clear; river frozen f olid ; thermometer 10 below. IIoosteii ltocK Clear; wind down stream: tin rmonti ter 4. above. A iniai camo down fiom tho mountnin and says tho river is block d solid at Capo Jloin. -I ! Arrested for Murder Bo frequently havo men betn hauled up in this sictiou lately on ol arges of nunltr. cmbexlemout, etc., meroly on suspicion or ao.no other cause and cist iuto prison, thuo to icmain for i time, ci liko Hall of Olympii, drajgod ocros thu continont m irons only to be set at liberty ft dbgratod aad broken man, tl at wo nro iuclinoJ to look upon those unfortunate ictims who nru cast into prison as being inuoomt Tho Vancou ver JndtptniKnt tells tho following, which is but auothor of tlo oft icpeattcl injustices: List woik Sheriff Fletcher of lira county, iccetvml ft to'ieram from tho nuthoiitiesof Ot-ilar ItqiMx, Iuwn, to arrest a man nou i il Ito&wi II Ward, anil hold him for ft leq-isitiou, on tho chori of munbr. Aceurdin 'y on WednosiUy lm wai orresicd, nnd a now in tho Clarke county jail, aw.iiiiiig tho urrhai of the oluits and dosiiimnt.'', expected on tho noi.i Sin Fimucisco steamer. Mr. Ward w a ruariied mi-n of 40 or 4D j ears of njo who caino to this country sis mouths apo, and lived with his brother on Salmon croek, above Leiser's milL Yesterday, to add to tho erubar ramenta anil dilHculiiea of his fcitua tion, bin wifo and children arrived from Town, intending to join him in his new home, and found him in ja'l under the most serious charges that can be made against man. Mr. Ward protests his innocence of any crime, an4 uas lela tive3 believe he is innocent of the crime rhareed. 'Jheie aroteveral rumors fly inir about civiug detaila of tha affair, but in iho absenco of any reliablainfoi matiou we do not feel justified in re peating them "Why let laJi "H"1 chilJrea run their koa U overl Prevea; it by using Tho Coluinbli liar. Ita Fast, Frcsont and lta Future TUa Stio of ltj Sosla, 1IY IUIV. 0. If. ATKINSON. Tho outCow of a great river is of in terest to Ecicntifio obscrvorri, as it is of aluj ta men of commerce. Tho Co lumbia drains au area mora than thrco timc3 ns largo as tho six New England States, or nearly twico tho area of Great Britain, including Englaud, Scotland, Ireland, Walts nnd their outlying islands. It includes nearly all of Ore gon and Washington and Idaho, West Montana anil Southeastern British Co lumbia. Tho bnsin which it drains ap proximates 300,000 squaro miles, ve about 102,000,000 ncrei. Its cliumto is almost that of l'Vance, Groat Britain, Delirium. Holland. West Geuuauy nnd Denmark, but ill mildness and range of thermometer its western portion is with iu ono degreo tho equivalent of th it of Fans. Its ttrons current ana va out- flow of rather warm watora iuto tho Pa cific ocean, summer and winter, nover freezing over within sixty wiles of tho sea, and tecliog tlio tides HU muei in land naturally invito commerce. 'Ihcso largo interior legions, witli their uncounted resources of grain and other food staples, timber fortsti and uints of coal, iron, lime, marble, gold nnd silver, demand tho Lomiucrrial usa and outlot of this wutcr-wsy with u force equal to its area and its mighty current. ITS nODTK TO T1IK SEA AGVJI AGO. Tho ideas of geologists oh I under stnud them aro that those Pacifa shores wore onto submerged, or low landn, with uigiLS of tho latter mesozolo or reptilian or cretaceous poriod; that by ocean pres suio or enith shrinLuge, or both, they became iilowly folded or wiiukled ; that through tho cracks or Ciauno uuetewivo volcanoiB burnt foith, iounug outriver of lava, which found their way down tht lower ilmunolH or low vnur buda, or tret l.ii cr sloughs, (UI1115 tluia. Thtwi 1 ta llow, on tooling, furimJ t'io great dykes of bnsalt und jiorphyiy nnd other tinppcan rocks vhioli interlaco thin wtiolo iiortiiwiHtcin toast, ami not tuo btys und Miiiuds with inlaudtt. Thov nlso brgily huilt up tin Coait nnd Oa. cado ratiac, and their out'ylng tpuis riul tiroiiiouU.i'ieri. Tiu-Ku uykea unit mountain ouuiim formed thu rim of tho oiwn biy liko Puget Sound and tho Willainctto alliy oneo n deep bay. They, in pait, formed tho grander lim of thu tuturior jalio system, which Prof. Condon has bo finely illustrated 111 lim Itetunc its rango included Noitheru NovnJa and Utah, Idaho and Montuw, Eastern Ore gon und Washington nnJ Untish Co lumbia. It had tho llocky mountains for ilu eastern bouuiiry asid tha Nevada end C.isoido rango for its western limit, and tho liluo motiutuiu iicakn for its bland i-yhtoiii. Hult L1L3 and u few other lot im uf tho interior may bo tho reumunts of this old laku pono (. ITS DUAIHAUii. h w.ia tin) uiiskiou of tho &ljmbh riur to cit .1 ohiiiiuul t'nouvli tl o Ois iuu range. i'nd alou to l.noa uf IhmiIi rid't!H, cliffs nid hiadlnndH, uU iiutl its alt iu outlet into tho I Vciliu O10.nu As this alow erosion ot tho luoiin'aiu pass its w,rl: went on ; the biimsimivo uuniiel marks of which uio wiitleu on thu ultlfi that ovci hang thn Oacadcs; tlmouillaw iug cuireuw of lh Columbia were dr positiuthiir abundant earth und luud wash nnd otht.r debris between tho two rock hoadl.iudf, '1 illamook and Cape Dis ajipointment. Tlio eutiro dhstauco of about thirty inilea lutwo 11 tho two waa 1 o iluubt tho ancient Columbia Dil'a. It iiuludfj tho ClatiKji phiimi, bcaJio.1 and tide lauds up to tho hills and spurs of thu Coust r.1110. Tlio gradual filling un has cW:J till 01I1M' thjiiuula tlnit threaded their way w tho oce.ni through tin a doliu. i.it-i fuiiuiil ikiuia (uoluolu lor for.ti ami faim, and Iws crowUod this L'toftt ritor with itu work of ero sion nearly done hard up ag.iut thu xoliU rott jI uijia uisippoiiiiment. Tlii rocky he-tdlana is protectid u,ainst much wourfioiu iiki biat or river car rsut by u hulimuriiiu mid bupramariuu ttttiiipiuuut ot pitiu;o nwi sanu uea;u Tlio mighty cum nts of tha mer and iho twno daily ccmn tidua uru thus cutupelioJ to pi their forces in washing awuy Suiid I.luid, tho only leuiamin,; delta of t.hio wonderful mouth, or to cut oil' Chtrop riiit and trim its ntrth fhuru line. ma ir.UBr.aT iiaii. Only two channel 1 worthy tuo name now do tho office of probiblyn dom ihit formerly tut their way through thu sucet&me Imiii, which stretched fiom tho cape to Tilhmook. Thfse two turnt li Jarge outlot3 lor tho water, anu lair mgrtis tail evjiea lor commerce. T1IU .rr.0UI.U OV IMpnOTLMEST. The object of constant survey would now serin to 00 to nuu no iu couuuo the river currents and tide underflows to one chaunel through tLo present bar hich now extends eight or ten miles on sea line; and thus to shorten tho bar one-third or one-half, and add the cut off to the shore line. The filling of the old swash channel, southwest of the touth channel, has shortened the bar by the length of Clat sop spit. Yet the contest here between thu rusti ot waters anu mo bjuu ikucu ia a doubtful game year by year. At one moment tha floods and billows have threatened to clean out the old twatb, sake Clatwf ifit aa uUnd, and was KottStoi hens nnd all its sandy founda tions into tho soa. Hut tho steadier and inoro constant movement of tho wutors has bten cutting olf the south lino of Sand Island and moving it north w ard ou on average of nbout 0110 milo, duiing the hst ten tears ; its exact po sition has been noted on tho thatta of survey. This erosion has nlso cut a chnmiol across the shoal, near tho wreck of tho Great Republic, two or mom fathoms deep, through which tugs now tow light draft vessels. Tho procoss of nntiiro indicates a pos sible scour of ono derp channel to tho ocean either tho present South ono or thoftorth one, or 11 str.iighter ono be tween Uio tw 0. TUB rOtSIMMTYOI' A SUOIlTI'.lt Ml- If tho nbovo outline or theory lo all correct thu Columbia liviroianuolswero n, Mtily ages very shallow, (usslng tluouh a delta like that of seventy miles r.ca line at tho mcuth of tho Yu kon in Akukn, Its Eoriea of very long bars Live been gradually changed to ono continuous wind bDach.leavinj' two deep ened clnin ncls through a ninth thorttr b.tr. Whnt has boe 11 possible by natural do posits may bo aided perhaps by nrtillcutl tuenim. For example: Cape Disappoint ment nnd its approaches form on im moveable shoro or escarpment, along which livtr currents and ocean tides can flow or ruth with littlo erosion for ngca. The whole rivtr may bo safely crowded ugainst this wall on tho North. If u stronc and lona dyke of iiilen, filled with fascines aud imbedded in sand, liko tho sand duncj of Ifolland. which havo so long breasted tho nhock of the North Sea billows, could bo mado to form a couth wall ut tho Columbia'tt mouth,its own current and the tido flows would no doubt scour ono deep and wide thiitinuL Sand Islaud would disappeur u-award orbs boruu ashore. Ta muiiAOLto litocirs oif viuna :t Piles ia bo driven only a few ftot in quicksmul with tho couuron pile-driver. Tiny spriii;: un und defeat thu operator. UutVapt. Parker wink plltu doip und inimotablouroiiud tho City of Dublin by thohjilitulii'proeesB. KuuLo wink them lit i, 1 am told, for a Uat eminent wb. irf at I'ort Stevens. UTAKUJMO ilCTUOII. 'Hie 1 rottisa i 1 ii.-U.'o. A grov a u cut along the p'lj to itu lower noint aud n tubo of two or tlireo iuulits lit diameter is inserted. Tho pilo is liftud perpen dicubr to its piece. The bote bt the hteaui pump is fastened to tho upper end of thu pipo mid the water is fuiced thtougb tlo pipe mitring tho sand un der tiiu pile to it mush. Thi pile sinks by its own w tight tea or twnity or thirty ftct, un tho opirutor pliue. He witkdiavta tho tubo quickly nnd hii iost is fattened iuimovubly b the 1 ntlosirg cand. Tho whole procwa ia Lomplottd in a few minutoy. 'lh'o ti.b taoi iihow Ihut rowa of piles tin be Mink i.!o:ig tho idioroj raid Rands N 01 tli of tho tort, und form tho basin tfuiea wullof hn.d fmciiic, pur fm-t.li' iinit.!jn! this Lt.ui.ture. I .11.... ........ ..t .1. .... ...l ..:i..i'Hstoui j jiu return f.,r.vi w m.v i .mva ..... . . . ." .1 ' .1... ' uoui 1 iKirJiiim vxu'lu uoivi iiiu jiiiiii .'.'.. . . . . mmih o: tlio touiii cimunoi, una niot'g Clatsop ipa fat on. Ujl. toforeo tha rive? cmrmt ,,nJ f.Ju U ,v into .m.rower l.m- its. Ciaaopmiitea male b, thostliint point lor uuen it etiuciuie, 1111 tituua ubiilo well. No sea wall j rovet htiongor than uuid, if it am be held iu itu plum. Thu tent would bu it pile uystcui, sunk deep enough to beouio it Miri found t turn, iiguin.it whidi tho shifting sands would watk and 10:1 uin at lest If by tills pn.oi.ui thu two duinifl.i can bo turned iuto uin, of three or four milcn widi bciivL'O'i the capo uu 1 tho propostd dyke nail, dcubtli.i tho depth would meet ell tha tltiniiiudi of future euiu uiei e a, vli ilu giving a water tf.ty laigi oimugli for thu laigst Jlao la nnd highest tides. ouatsatiom Will tho Ninda mid debus form it now delta outsido the to headlands nail cause sLalloJ witter seawards? Tii olf thoio uouiidings by the U. S. coast survey steam cutter llusshi:, ('apt. Cue. W. Oj'JIii, (.uiiiiuaiuliiiy, in 1M77, extendi d noithwitidto Vol.o Point light houit', -Ci milei fiom Cttp Ditupjioiut uu'iit, coatt lino, and 13 milt) scaviiril, from Capo Diiipomtuentiouthw&rd to False Tillniiook lit ad, 31 J mihs toast Inn, 15 nulta uavarU, mi t-ria of 1)10 square miles. This louthern sheet of ics floor lopes buawcrd on un rttcragi of flvu futhoins or 30 foot, per mile, mid tho northern sheet ulopesLcaw ard 3 or i fathoma or Jl or J4 feet par unit. Outside of tour or six utile-4 ar eoist currents parallel U tha shoru lino to tho southward in Summer and to tho north ward in Wintei, whoto telocitios 010 very dejtuJeut on local winds, width, wneu fction, often rovcio tho cmrout. Inside of livo or six miles tho cur rents seem to U gvverned by tho out flow and inflow of the Columbia liver, south of Cape DieapK)intiuent. Dis colored water extend rarely wore than five or sir miles stuward. WILL THIS OUTolDB SKA SLOOP. HU. Ul' i If tho river sands are pushed out sea ward, will tho tides drive them back and form new embankments 1 litis problem is to bo solved at the mouth of the Mississippi, with less chance cf a favor able result 1st TLo Columbia baa a clear sea way outsido the leads, which furnish vast room for land deposit 2d. The north wind of Bammac and tLe south wiadj of Winter form cox- r nil tsich way alternately and biat ves Ful3 and drift in ench direction alternate ly. This eubmnriiin plntforii ulong shore indicates tho snun saud drift iu both directions 3d. Tho nlluvitl dejiosits fiom tlio Columbia and its iifllucnts havu bicn probably on the decrease, ns their chan nels hate dtcpcntd to bedrock, und not on tho inert asc 4th. Tho risk of imcding sands form ing outsido tho pretcnt bar, if enco borno outward is n jiroblem too for fu ture, to distuib tho value af tho exjieri ment of one thniincl scour if it can bo successfully made, MIK VALUE OP A AlIORTEU llAlt AND A SlNOLIl UHANN'CI. 1st. It would niil and ussuro tho growing couuncico of tho Columbia. 'Jd. It wotilJ ullurd it inucli lutgoi open list bur of ontrniico nnd thua of refuge, nnd bn of tho gro itost posBiblo valuu and convenience along tho coast between the Golden Gain und tho Straits do Fuca. 3d It would bo a stimulus to hasten tho railronrBystcm of the whole interior west of tho ilock mountains, tho chief products of which largo region must for profit find their transport to foreign markets oer tlio Pncitlo oceau, instead of tho ovcrlaud routes. 4 Hi. It would hasten tho canal system through tho portages of tho Upper Co lumbia and its affluents, and also tho comnletu blastine out of rocks in tlio chsunols at numerous ratdda All of these improvements are needed to porfect tho two modes of truuBtrartatiou for the comfort and convenience of all sections of thn interior. Gth. It would do much to solve the problem of maritime cities, trado centers and umuufucturiiig a utcrs on this north west OOlHt Gth. It would tlinct nnd Htimulato sottlenieutt, mid increa.Hu thu oppoituui tics uud habits uf industrial enterprise, which nru greatly needed by tho present ami incoming population. I.ATn KAOTfl. Slneu writing ttii foioijoing nrtlclu 1 linvo learned lroui rulialilu nuihoilty that latest surtovn find the touth middle winds shifting tiw.inlu Clatsop spit ami mud henps forming iu tho louth tliimutl uiitwurd. A cut or 1 haiinel .i t nm to bn in pro ccis itrniglit at-mss the middle Hinds, and pousib.y ono diiectly east atross the coutlicrn nl.oal of Sand inland. This is a sign that thu ritcrnmy now bo cutting ubtriiicht eouri-o to tlio ourou. It' no, fond inland may warn bo wholly .wept into thu 10.1, or wusIkU upon iNoitu bcaeh, or whirled into ns-a bench 011 thu Btwnrd sidini Clnttop pil. It is icusouitblo to mipposti that thu intelligent gentleman ut thu head of tho U. B. riter n.ul harbor suivoy in thistle partniont hati plitnitin liutitl lor thUvory inipoitaiit vhanuul impnenient over tho Columbia bit. tiiu vuioun commijiu iiA.t. The oiilliti" of its bii,tory, ski tched in thiH brief at title, shows ft constant nut un.1 pro?ri"-a ot iiiiprov(ui'iit fiom u ct ikHkiiih it tio.en su.uiovt . - , 1 chanuelK. liko tliu.0 of the Yimou, . . .1 1 1 . .1 .i.ii- ,,... 1 1 1'n-i 1, mi' 1 Ii 1 m fit is. I ironil iliua. covi red " ,', ,i . 1 1 . . : a.:i i..iw i.iu "' ''. l'VL0 ' ?'l ?, w !'' s'.o Lo'tu," tb l wochwmpta.f dmpnnd t.trong, livoor i.ix iiiilo eurrtuth. This chango it 11 na-vtl No great liver of the tontiuint, or pirhsps of tho lunld, bus to thoioughly tloswl up its delta uud put itwlf uumdeJ in coudi Hun to safoly inviw the ingress mid egress of iutei national iiuiimuica No river can show it record no free of wrecks or losreii 111 the CVlumhiu. Probably no lutibur oiilramo on tho At 1 intiu or Pacili'i has hatl n smalh r pel lent, of divuitfiv, iiiiilirrqual c.uo mid iqunl hulji. For exaiaplo, the Oolumbia w.ih united und r. trcod in aafoiy uiiui 1 on 11 wiiiiout charts thnt ili-norved tho uunii, without mli Higent pilr-H, with out lighihuuse, or buiy or fog signal, -r the tuniMiinet) of ft tug. llmidieda of thousand t.f tons of wheat, uud flour und other owed?, nilliois of ftt fd lumber, cai go after cargo of vegetables mid fruits, millions of dollars in gold dust, tnia of thousand 1 of pat-U"gi r, and untold millions worth of r-mhIh im ported, havo lufoly j ussoJ tho bar eitht r way in all Mi.boux, within my knowl (ileof ulniOHt 3fi joais IJ111 wieil.K dun to tho bid lur 01 lad ili.uiuul, in una! of lad thurtH, Ud signal' bad pilots, bud or driuiki 11 Milium, 1 u .il uiont be counted 011 ouoh lingers Whon Captain llmUouuf the ii !..' United St-itos oxphiriiig xKditioii, lost thotiliip Ptdcoek.duly 18,lbl4, lit IihiI no jiilo: 1 xcrpt 1111 Jndian with whom he count neiilier talk 111 labium or ci.t nook. His only charts wcro sheithes mado by Eiielish, Stmiiish mid Aiueruiiii constem, with such doubtful truciigs ns could bi got iu those jealjus tin ma 110m the reported charts ot Vuuoout 1 r ami tho English uJmiralty. Ust or UfstJi. 'Iho Altti published it list of division "north of San Frainatco," from thu pen cf T. I). Shannon, collector at Han Finn tisco, under tho direction 0! tho United States treasury department, from Jan. 1- 18G1, to Dec. 31, 1869 j nino iurs Yet in ibis list of 198 dimstor, 110 wiro small coasting vessels, plying along shore, and only thrao ooaurred ou the Columbia river bir, viz : U Vtj, 11, trl; WooJpeclttr. UaJiJ. Uaa... .... ..... Jl,l'l In lUnh. UV., Uik.JltUu.UJrw:ltJ ...... 7(J U H V St, W, U, Satutou rtna.. ti,M TkM. Iiaa, 00 Tkli il 3 relative 'ou of only 1 per ctut in uino ytnrs, or J of 1 per tent, iu one j 1 ar. Hon. D. C. Irolnnd, clerk of tho pilot commissioners, uttcsttd in 'ST", "that only ninu vmsels had been wiccked ator near tho Columbia bar in tho lust twenty-five years. Fivo of those were coining in without n pilot-, nnd tho loss of tho others was duo to tho loss of wind nnd tho lack of a tug. Since tho tugs have been put on thero lias been no loss, oxcept tho Architect, coining in without a pilot." Theso nino disasters, in about l'J,C00 crossings during twenty live years is about 7-100 of ono per cent. Tho stenmer llcpublio camo over tho bar in tho night and went on thn sands in smooth water, under n sky repoitcd clear enough to see tho monument on Sand Islond. Tho City of Dublin c.11110 in without tug or pilot und went 011 tho boich, nnd lay thero for weeks, slowly settling in tho quicksands. Thu commissioners of the general hind oCIco at Washington reported to Con gress in 1870: By tho use of it steam tug in crossing the Columbia bar, tiiu en ti an co to tho harbor is rendered as fafo as that of tho Golden Gato or tho Straits Do Fuca, Cant. G. W. Harris, of tho U. S. rov- enuo bervice, (who had crossed 30 times) says: "liiu crossing ot mo oar at tno mouth of tho Columbia rier, with tho ordinary precautions, is as safe as tho entranco to any bay or harbor in tho United States." Cant Francis Connor, now command- ini: tho steamship Oregon, has crossed tho Columbia bar 1,'JUU times In tlio last 1G or 17 jears without u serious acci dent. Col. G. L, Gilltspie, chief of en gineers U. S. A., says the entranco to Columbia bar is as safu ns that of nuy great riter ou this continent. Its tidcit on the btr rise from 0 to Ih foot The picbout lighthouses, bnoys, monuments, fog signals, complcto charts continually tested, intelligent pilot, skillful seamen under temperate mid whu captain, nnd thostiong tugs, nil now combine to in sun) the wifo ingress und egrers of et sols carrying from 1,000 to -',000 tons. llitlietto the Columbia river Hits been left to improvo itsoun channel to the ocimi. It has tairiiil 011 this imuiemo hnlraulio work unnided for untold uts past. Ah its fortes now teem to como into cIoku quniturvi to plough it single deeper p.isuiw to tlio iami. witli stun help nt this opportune momtnt tut the U. S. Cioverniui iu cm wisely give tin signs point lo a linMird work that will tqual thnt of any river or h irbnr on the ulobo. Tliem mis tun kikiih 1 1 tliut cru- ativo Providuuco which built up this vast Pacillo Northwji.t nnd established its draiiiage through one grand mer. Foil on tho Trade A Zotco AttscticA to on Kxpro-s V.o(n rolls ou tho Trr.clt th rraitt or a STc Vjlit Train. It is Strang') that uciidetitu mi Fcuilh street nro not of inoro frtquent occur ruiKOwhen thu carelutsnoss of o.xpiesa wa; on und h id. drivers uro taken into . n t ...... il I cou-iluurauoii. a 110 trains are eomia in 11 lo go up the giiulo ut u 1 vely spied iu nnlt r to reath thn top of tho grade, whilo to thow) lomin' diwii bral.in nisi uf but littlo ii-, us thu uhuilsglido over thn track miuost tin nwiftly us if tho brakes worn lift olf. List Saturday nf tei noon 1111 neeideut cctirred 011 fourth htrmt, nitir alivliixi, which cuno near furnishing it lint class item. An ex pressman named David Cuupboll ut tempted to dnvo uc-oi.s tho track iu front of ft f 1 eight train which was com ing down the guide Justus tlio horsy eroKtcd the rail ho fill, leaving thu vaou diiictly on thu track. An tho lucoinotivu w.tt but it fuv feet away the duver ujiriiug out to it p'aeo of safety. Tho I'ligiuetr blew down luukis mid ru vi itixI tlio tingiue, but thu heavy train c mid not bo luought to n stuudatill un til tho wagon mid liuiso had been shovid lifteiii or ttventy feiu It did not tike long to g t the tuhiclu mid hor-ni out of tho wav when it wis found tu bu utilu . .... . . ... juii'ii. lim iliivcr wuh lolly uarul uud h wilder (milliner could not havu In en found along thu lino tf tlm loud. It was ft lucky oscupo mid ono that would not ugaiu occur in n huudrod yenre , rortland l'arlr. It waa putitionud the Common Coun cil by a number of thu leading hiniuos men end hcuvioib tuxinyer, to si euro thu 101 vices of 1iiiibeapu Engineer Schwugerl in laying oil" mid beautiiying our city park. Tl.o Council held a uiiutitig nnd lefirrod to petition ton s ecial lou.mittee. An intoimiil uioit mil was Held ytsteruay miunoon atiit n eoiielusiou nrrivfl nt. The question Mug put ns to whether tho servitis of tho imgiiuiT bu ucteptid or not, lesulted us follows: Aies Pajne, Wutsou ane1 Nichliuj Nous Keller, WoIht, Stolte, Gcrdui und Simon. This settles the qutstioii, uud thopaik will remain iu it-. present jiotuely condition, A Novelty In nonet. JSuils of the new striped tea rcse, "American Uanner," woru worn for thi first time iu Nt.v Votk by tie ludio wai ing ou tho ttb it nt the i;rcii fair o the S tenth Ite,!uieiit on ti trmtie of Wednesday, Nov. 33. l'UU imiij aioiug flowi-rs irun itt nvi-Jt, ,.id scarcity, is likel 10 Ui-j 1 in j.r . u maud this Wiu ir, but rts it em u it ye, br supplied 11 sma'l quiiitithv, it w.i cost more 'Lui it 1 l.h 11. d. Canary El. do. Tho followine is from nn interview of n Sun reporter with thu principal Now York dealer in canaries: "Ench bird was confined scparntoly in a little wicker cago in tho form of a cubo, measuring nbout six inches in all ways. Tlicso lined nil tho wnlls along the walls of tho largo shop, rising in tins to tho ceiling, and bariicadcs of them roo at intervals from tho floor. "Tho ennnry bird is my staple,'1 Mr. ltcicho continued. "From August un til May these littlo creatines como to 1110 at tin) rate of two thousand every week. Whon I came to this country in 1817, there was no trado iu canary bitds, just as thero wns no trado in flow eis. You could not buy a cunnry's cage, nor seed to feed hini with, in this city. ThcBO things had to bo sent for to Eu rope Thu tasto for birds and flow ere had to bo inculcated, and it lins been sinco that time. "Thoy cull them canary birds, bus, they nro German birds. The nativo does not sing. It waa when tho eaiinry was crossed with tho linnet, and tho lark, and tho other song birds of Eurono. that tho littlo musician, which wu kuow as the canary, camo to oxist. Thnsn birds aro all bred iu Germany, jh0 inhabitants of tho Ilnii mountain supply tho civilized world. There is not a cotlrtgu In all tho region about Andro- asbcrg unit tho llrockon tbat is not tun of them. Some of tho peasants raise an many as throo huudrod of them in a year, but tho avcrngo is perhaps twenty birds to the house. An much ns $300, OOOgoch to to tho inhabitants of tha Ham mountains for their cannry birds every year. They havo bred them for generations, aud fairs aro held and prises uro offered to stimulate the breeders. "The wicKtr cages," tho fancier con tinued, holding up one idemlcr und aim ply constructed of soft whitowood, "nro mado by the peasnutn who lined tho birds The cannry thnt comes to Amer ica hi confined to his cage for ft npaco of about threu wiukii. I send an older for nuwnil thousand birds to my brother in Germany. Uu din tin n number of agents to collect in thu iltint enough birds to fill tho order. The peasant hna 110 general placo of sale. Tho ugentu go fiom cottngo to cottage, but ing iu 0110 oOO biid, nii.l in unother 700, mid so 011. Instriitllonii nro gitcit to fend thesu birds tithe pott of iiliipiiient, to bo llieto on Fridnj. Ou Hilurtlay tiiu sliiji tails. Men go with tho blriln to feed tin 111 and e.tro for them. Onu man ean take 0 ire of 1,250 l.iids, nnd I gen 1 rally h ito two men yoing each way iu tho North German ships nvury wtuk." Tlio Probloni ol Parifl. Puris is to mo a permanent mid most wondrous problem generally ; but I do not knuw nut thing within its walls inoro perplexing nnd mom wonderful than thuiiieht of thothoiivtnda of well drotsed ei)plo who nit all diy, und dur ing 11 gro it poitiou of the night, in uud outsido the boulevard e-ifo.1, smoking, drinking, playing nt canto nnd dominoes uud othentiso enjovirg tlicmstlics. They play piquet und ill ink "grogi iinoiiciins' -weal: mm nnd water, hot, with on ear und lemon ut 11 o'clock of the fori noon in August ; nml thoy mo iilityiiii: dominoes end drinking "hooka" uf fiuthy beer, iiifnshing to thn pilate, but upp ireiitly Iniineeiit ol mult, at ti J'. M. 'J hey uru imbibing coiiuu nun cog nac ut 8, ttftt r dinner. They are con suming icca and sherbets ut 10; they nro sipping inoro Aimriemi grogs nt midnight; mil jet, ta nil seeming, thoy havo not "turned it hair," us the saying ih, in thu way of inubrity, Thoy aro nil mi sober ns judges ; uud tet they lunula en laughing nnd shaking iu Jta-bi-lala's tusy ehuir fur thu last Kl hours I Who uro they t Whenco do they eomtl Whem hid they going Whtuu do thoy livo 1 They canno. bo all thup-keop is who hato left thtir wives to iiiuiiau the shop, since they fioquently bring both thu iiinlu mid femalo hiuiithoa of tho fmnily to tho oifu with tltnu They bring grmidauis of HO, who tlri'ik hot ruiii-puneh. Thoy bring litl'u brats of seven, who drink "hoes" 111 d nsk for Vio Parisitnno. Vt-gtie la guluru I Hut whem it tho galley, mid whotugi at tho l.iboiiug tiarj Mow do they gut the money to pu) tin ir seoro uud givu tho g.ireoii his ouiboirol Puna Herself uguiii O. A. Hala. Lovomitklns in Momplun. '1'ho iircliiimtod jciung man who has to weak fur a living tuuuot aMbrd to many mi unatcliiiiatuil gill ono who hainot hud tho fever Evrii thu nehest uior chants mid hirgoit prupotty owiimih com plain of thu expinto of miming uway uud Suiiiiiietiiig up North for four months 111 the )eur. The itccliiuuted girl is it Iritstiro in Memphis. Him may not havu yellow Imir, but if she has had yillow fever sho is worth it mint of iiiouuy as u household gift. The unuo climated young man who hti to work foru lining ouinot nflurd to marry at nil, beeausii ho cannot fc fibril to pick lunihulf und wife ujt every Kiimuiur uud bktdaddlu toward the polurstar. Among the courting questions now to bu pro- pouudol nrior to nakn g t girl to nurry you me the iuipoitunt uues "Mist , linvo you over had tho yellow tuvrf "Was it u typic tl ease I" "A10 ya 1 isir tain your phynieiau as 'xinect 11 his diagnosis of your eusot" if thuuu era aro not quite satisfactory, other ques tions might ba put that would dudop the desired farts. Memphis Apputi. Llaok onyx is very faahivnabla ud shell ia rathar out of date, f! 'm&,Mmtit0wtsm9)t$mi 9xihnntivmw"tin$jf jrvjLy