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Smallpox ! increasing in the West.
The Ohio legislature convened on the 2d.
Elliott, the sculler, has sailed for New
York.
The Republican assembly's caucus at Albany
nominated Alvord for speaker.
Ten thousand Tunisian refugees hare ar
rived forty miles west of Tripoli.
Twenty Italians gambling at Sanguimette
were arrested in San Francisco on the 20th.
It is stated Matias Romero has been ap
pointed Mexican minister to Washington.
Qen. Grant has espoused the cause of Gen.
Fitz John Porter and believes him much
abused.
Some interesting ruins of ancient cliff
dwellers have been recently discovered in
New Mexico.
The Jewish commissioner states that 12
Jews were killed in the riots at Warsaw and
63 wounded.
The floor of a town hall at Shanesille, 0.,
fell during an entertainment oil the 2d and
killed several people and wouaded fully 100,
The Tagblatt of Berlin publishes a ruaior of
dismissed servsnts irom the l'ortugues. royal
household on suspicion' of connection with a
plot to poison the king.
' J. D. Walton, of San Francisco, committed
suicide at the Gault' House, Chicago, on the
1st, during mental aberration. Be was a
railroad agent and 30 yeara old.
It is understood that Bradlaugh will appear
uciore eno oar oi me nouse or commons and
claim to have the oath administered to him on
the day parliament reassembles.
It is now thought probable that the great
American racers, Iroquois and Foxhsll, will
try conclusions in tbo Spring over the Now
market course.
A dispatch from Tunis says the reality and
durability of the submission ot tribes in South
Tunis are doubted by all acquainted -with the
natives.
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It is stated O'Brien, editor of the United
L Ireland, will be released from prison in1 con
sideration of ill health, provided ha quits the
ountry. i ,
Two Mormon missionaries who attempted
to conduct services in one of the suburbs of
London on tho 2d were crossly maltreated bv
a mob, and obliged to seek refuge atpolioe
Headquarters.
Democratic senators and assemblymen hold
a eaucus on the 3d at Albany. It is said the
olaims of Tammany have been rejected, and
that Tammany Democrats will not enter the
eaucus.
Post offices established Leah, Yakima
county, W. T.; Daniel E Lesh, postmaster.
Discontinued Cedar Mill, Washington
county, Ogn.; Greenwood, Spokan county,
W. T.
A saloon kept by two Germans at Pales
tine, Ind., was blown up by dynamite by un
known persnua on the 6th. This is the second
building lost by these men in this way in the
I past three months.
The Denver Republican' Silverton special:
Edward F, Ryan, Michael Ryan and Richard
, Adkins, employed on the Paradise tunnel on
Saturday, ten miles from here, were buried
one hundred feet deep by a snow slide. Par
ties left Silverton to recover the bodies.
Appeal's Jackson, Miss., special: A short
session of the legislature, which meets Tues
day, is generally predicted. In regard to the
senatorship there is but one opinion, and that
is Lamar will be re-elected without opposition
from any Democrat.
Emperor William received congratulations
from the Czar on the advent of tho New Year,
and on the 75th anniversary of his entrance
into the army. The officers of the army cele
brated this anniversary in an enthusiastic
manner.
Elections have been held in Greece. The
returns are still incomplete and are unfavor
able to the government. The ministers of
marine and finance lost their seats a sur
prise to the government.
The arrival of the new year and throwing
open the White House has broken the season
of universal mourning in Washington society
over President Garfield, which every one has
disliked to break, and sociability will resume
its sway now.
The statement that Bismarck intended to
propose a congress of powers to discuss the
question of the Pope's position is denied. A
proposal to re-establish the Pope's responsi
bility has been simply suggested semi -officially.
No reply is j et received.
The pedestrian contest at midnight on the
th at New York, scored, Fitzgerald, 430
ilea; Hardy, 411; Noremac, 3S8; Laconee,
170; Lrohne, 347; Elson, 280. Fitzgerald is
surly six miles ahead of the best record, and
will, apparently, continue bis dog trot to the
tnish.
It is understood that at the beginning of
the Russian New Year the state police de
partment will be withdrawn from control of
the minister of the interior and plased un
der special direction of General Zeichenine,
and a more vigorous admioistrtion is looked
for.
The sportsman challenge cup at London is
not included in the Hanlou-Boyd race. It
will be rowed for about two weeks alter that
race, with two hundred pounds added. It is
proposed to have the regatta about four
weeks after the last mentioned event, with
good prizes on the list.
One million two hundred thousand dollars
waa spent in improvements in Council Bluffs
the past year. Ibe wholesale business has
increased 33 per cent, and railroad business
nearly doubled. The Union Pacific sent
747,500 can of through freight west, and
28,806 cast. Ticket safes at the U. P. depot
alone aggregated 1770,949, exclusive of sales
at tew local oca of the various companies.
ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH.
The old Vanderbilt homestead on Staten
Island burned on the 3d.
J. F. Burgers, ex-president of the old
Transvaal republic, is'dead.
Attorney-General Brewster assumed charge
of the department of justice on the 3d.
Landlords are alarmed in Ireland at the
concessions of the laud courts.
Patrick Hart, a returned Irish-American,
has been arretted at Currigotbill under the
coercion set.
China has paid the first installment of com
pensation to Russia, stipulated in the Kuldja
treaty.
It is stated that Sara Bernhardt receives a
hundred thousand dollars for her engagement
at St. Petersburg.
Oscar Wilde, the aesthetic poet, has ar
rived inNew York. He is disappointing to
his admirers in appeirance.
The depot, boarding house, baggage and
express offices, eta., of the Texas Pacific rail
road burned to-day. Loss, $60,000.
The speakers at the groat land owners
meeting at Dublin include the Earl of Dor
trey, Marquis of Waterford, Earl of West
Mtath, Baron Andilaun and other important
political personages.
Captain Howgate, under indictment for
embezzlement trout the Government, was re
leased from jail on an order from Judge Cox,
and, aocompanled by a baliff, allowed to spend
New Year with friends cutside jail.
The corporation at Cork has conferred the
freedom of the city on John Dillon. Twenty
seven ot the counsellors attended the meeting
and ccpiea of the resolution were sent to
Gladstone and ForsMr.
The banking house of Enoch Littlefield, ot
Kaac, Ill,, suspended payment eu the 2d. It
is hoped the suspension will be only tempo
rary, as it results chieQy from laxnesain push
ing oolleotiens. The amount involved is not
stated.
The Newt states it is estimated that one
fourth of the Irish tenants who need protec
tion have come under the operation of the
land act, and that competent persons believe
the whole question can be settled in two years.
Archbishop Crok'e. of Cashel. bitterly com
plains of the police- intruding into the pare
cniai residence on mo occasion- or a watcu
meeting in rouuection with a bazaar, al
though they were assured that it was not a
league met ting.
The nearest approach to a compromise
among the Democrats at Albany was a rumor
that Tilden bad consented to withdraw
Jacobs for president pro tern of the senate,
provided Tammany would agree to accept
such further terms as might be fair.
W. E. Graham, who killed, robbed and
burned Philip Egley at Venando, Ellsworth
county, b.s., on tho mgnt ot tne zatn, was
hanged by a mob in front ot the court house
on the 3d. W. C. Roy would have met the
same fate, but was taken from tho jail and
secured by the sheriff duriog the excitement.
Thomas Sommerville, a peaceable switch
man, was shot dead by Jimmie O'Brien,
watchman on the railroad, at 168th street,
Chicago, on the 2d. O'Brien Bought the
quarrel. His friend, Victor Dismore, got a
shot from Somerville, but was not killed.
The Bourse says : The banking firm of
J. J. Pinau, of Bordeaux, which failed re
cently, was really a company formed by a
combination of bankers, with a company of
5,000,000 francs, of which 3,000,000 were
lost. Other liabilities are still unknown. The
failure was caused by that of Chavriot of
Bordeaux and Calcutta.
Time' Washington: There is a flutter
among those clerks, mostly women, in the
Treasury Department, who are carried on
what is called the "Lapse fund, "as it has
been discovered since Folger came in that that
fund aas been overdrawn, ami :t nas ueen or
dered that emploes on tbo Lapse fund roll
shall be drepped until the amount overdrawn
shall be made up.
Rev. Richaru Cain, colored bishop of Texas
and Louisiana, and his wife, Laura Cain, have
brought suit in the U. S. circuit court at San
Antonio. Texas, acainst the Galveston. Hous
ton and Louisiana Railroad Company, for
20,000 damages lor oeing reiused tne privi
lege of riding in a first class coach after
the company had sold t)iem their first class
tickets.
staYenews.
The Jacksonville Times has entered upon
its twelfth volume, newsier, bigger and
brighter than ever.
Moudy Michals, a Baker county pioneer,
died in the poor house in Biker City on
Christmas eve.
Weather is severe on the Malheur, and
Mr. Robbins, of Ochoco, says that if they
have another fall of snow all the cattle must
peiisb. s
The tnich bone of some antediluvian mon
ster has been found near Pendleton, which
We nap-sno.it, the Umatilla chief, claims to
be the relic of a "big iujum" ancestor.
The railroad excitement baa created quite
lively transactions in real estate in Douglas
countv. Two Roseburgers have already 3,-
200 acres of State and school lands, and will
probably double that amount,
Beoj. Hopper, of Umatilla county, has re
ceived (1,100 damages from the O. R. & N.
Co. In blasting, some rock fell into the river,
which dammed it, resulting in flooding and
thus damaging Hopper's meadow.
Three Indian couple were married at
Kalamath Agency by L. M. Nickerson on
Christmas Day Frank Chilts to Miss
Sal lie; Choke to Miss II, Lobert; Barney to
Miss Lizzie. They were all Kalamaths, well
dressed and well behaved.
Wr?4M!S
PORTLAND, OREGON,
"PROCEED TO POP."
Mr. J. H. Ward, of Priuevill'e, who wit
nessed the duel between Hank Vaughn and
Charley Long, gives the following statement
to The Dalles Times:
Vaughn aud Long had quarreled in the
morning over a game of cards. About 4
o'clock in the afternoon they met iu Till
Glaze's saloon, and Vaughn approaching the
counter, said, "Gentlemen, I wish you to
drink with me as a gentleman." At this.sev
eral walked up to tho counter, and among the
res'-, Charley Long. Vaughn walked up to
Long and said, "Now, Charley, if I'm right,
drink with me like a gentleman, and if I'm
wrong, commence shooting " At this they
grabbed lelt hands and emptied their tevolv
ers at each other, Long taking the first shot,
which was the glancing scalp wound Vaughn
received. Both were intoxicated at the time,
and the ranging of tho balls at such close
quarters would givo evidence that theylnoyed
around considerably and fired unsteadily.
Vaughn fired rie shots and hit Long four
times. Long shot four times and hit Vaughn
twice, the first and last time. Both had self
cocking pistols. During the shooting thero
were only two men in the saloon besides the
combatants ono ot them hidden behind a
sorecn, and the other, dead drunk, aud lying
ou the floor between two barrels. After the
shooting Vaughn came out and t)ld the crowd
it waa a hard fight, and then walked up to
Graham's saloon, said he was a dead man and
invited the men to take a drink with him ;
after which he was taken home in a buggy.
Our informant says that Long is getting along
nicely, but he thinks he will lose the use of
hfs left arm, as that shoulder Is terribly shat
tered. Dr. Baldwin has called to see Vaughn,
and after probing for the ball, came to the
conclusion that it had ranged upward and
lodged in the, body, but not in any vital part.
He think with care Vaugbn may recover.
They havo'each come to the conclusion that if
either dies, the other will not make any com
plaint against the remaining one. But that
.s for the courts to decide, and not for cither
of the Individuals.
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Wasoo county has taxable property amount-
Three car !oidli6t flno'beef cattle from' up
the valley were received by Mr. J. S. Keller
per East aide road.
Girard Cochran, Aaron Wade and Wm.
Duncan, charged with the murder of an al
leged cattle thief in the Wallowa valley named
John Hawk on the 3d of last November, have
been bound over in $10,000 each to appear on
the "0th ot January ior trial.
Several prominent citizens of Wallowa have
received anonymous letters lately, purporting
to come from friends of the murdered man,
John Hawk, threatening their lives.
Mr. J. B, Harris, superintendent oi con
struction for the Oregon and California Rail
road Co., has arrived at Rosoburg, accom
panied by Wm, Mangan, Hugh Williams and
M. S. Bush, foreman. Mr. Harris is pushing
work, and has his force engaged in the con
struction of a powder house.
The desperado, "Little Cricket, " who has
long been a terror in Sonoma, Lake and Napa
counties, Cal., and for whom a reward has
been offered, "dead or live," was captured
last week in Pataha City, W. T.
HUlfPING ftOTEH.
The following arrivals were entered at the
custom bouse yesterday:
British bark Junack, 520 tons, Junack,
master, from Bueuos Ay res, in ballast.
British bsrk Camejie, 1,061 tons, Nesbitt,
master, from San Diego, iu ballast.
British bark Helen Marion, 693 tons, Rob
inson, master, from Hong Kong, in ballast.
British bark Prince Patrick, 1,059 tons,
Peterkin, master, from Callao, in ballagt.
Tho American ship O. Hurlburt, Davis,
master, cleared yesterday for Qucenstown
with 43,411 bushels of wheat.
Stkamkr3 Fou Cill.VA-Negotiations are in
progress between the Oregon Improvement
Company and the Chinese tirm of Kwong Tai
& Co., of this city, for the chartering of the
steamer Walla Walla to carry a cargo of flour
aud lumber to Hong Kong and bring back
over a thousand Chinese passengers. The
charter, it is expected, will La signed to-day
aud it is likely this steamer will be followed
by others of the tamo company. There will
Iw a great demand for railroad laborers here
next Summer and the project is undertaken
in order to supply there,
Covfrntrcnoy Company, Articles of in
corporation of tho Oregon Construction Com
pany were filed yesterday in the office of the
county clerk. The incorporators are C. I)
Bates, J. B, David and J. L. Atkinson, and
the business in which they propose to engage
is the building of railroads, for hire and the
contracting for the construction of ailroadsin
this State and Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana Territories. Principal office, in Port
land; capital stock, $40,0o0,in shares of $100.
m
Shot ix the Haxd. On Monday afternoon,
Hall, son of T. Mc F, Patton, in company
ith some other small boys was Dlsvintr with
a toy pistol, aays the Salem Statesman, which
shot small blank cartridges ; but the boy a not
being content with shooting a blank cartridge,
were placing shot in them and shooting at a
mark. By some accideut Hall shot himself
in the hand, inflicting a very serious and pain
ful wound.
In 1880 there were 12,412.137 milch cows
in the United States, an increase over 1870 of
3,476,805. During the same period the in
crease in the aggregate of all cattle ha been
12,007,11m.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1882.
The Upper Country newspapers do not
allow the importance of removing obstructions
to the navigation of the Columbia river to be
lost sight of, and they are right. The work
at tho Cascades may bo but a commencement,
and twenty years may elapse before a canal
and locks shall enable boats to pass around
both the Cascades and Dalles, but if this
generation cannot finish them in time to reap
the benefit tho next is coming along and will
need them as much yes more than we can.
The correct idea is to push work as fast as
passible, and elect no nyin to Congress from
Oregon or Washington who will not do all
that is possible to get the work done and the
river opened; and w hen they shall finally be
completed, they will be useful to the greatest
possible degree, as those will rcalizo who may
live to see it.
Thh Prinevillo News wondeis how tho
Marriage Insurance Company can pay the
companies that insure, so wo explain that the
profit cornea from thousands who carry poll'
cies a short while and then give them up,
Take life' insurance. The greater part take
out policies, pay up the premiums awhile, be
coma tirod ef paying out money and drop the
policy. All they have paid then goes to the
insurance company as profit. The actuary ot
life insurance has calculated all the chances of
this sort and mads his figures to correspond
with known statistics concerning matrimony.
Tht ia tho way we privately understand it,
hut whether it will come out a the companies
calculate is a matter to be decided by futuic
results.
Timber Culture.
The prospoot ot a more rapid, reliable and
steady method of transportation, to which
may be added the hope of more reasonable
rates, has induced a7 Urge emigration to all
portions of tjswt ureguu'aml w legion.
which have lands suited to agriculture. A
change in thetcbaract;er ot agricultural pur
suits will "take place a the ranges for cattle
sheep and horses become occupied by settlers
who look, to a aiversinea employment upon
lands ot their own, upon which they may
make substantial homes, and surround them
with comforts and privileges which cannot be
realized by men who depend upon a shifting
herder's life. As the necessity for this change
becomes more apparent, it will be seen that
the act allow ing man to obtain a patent of
land by cultivating trees, in accordance with
its provisions, was singularly applicable to the
laws ef Eastern Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory, and the wisdom of the act more appre
ciated. As it is a large portion of the entries
under this law have been for tho purpoeo,
first, of holding the land, then, to simply cul
tivate sufficient to evade the law. We do not
believe that one in ten entering under this
act has complied with its provisions, and are
to-day liable to be ejected or jumped. We
can well understand that to anticipate return
for labor in planting forests seems a long way
off; but we wish we were able to convince
settlers of the propriety of a full, energetic
acceptance of this law by every one. If set
tlers concede that cattle and sheep husbandry
must seek more remote regions, away from
immediate proximity to railroads, they can
but see that those who occupy agricultural
lands and depend upon its cultivation for a
livlihootl, are very much interested in grow
ing theirown wood their own fencing, tli.ir
ou n frail, etc. and onto under w ay in favor
able locations, a suitable kind of and diversity
of giowfh will add each year mora than the
outlay tj the saleable value of improvements.
It is also not liable to attachment for nuy
debt contracted previous to tho date of a com
plctec patent. Mountaineer.
Mr. Robert Hall, butter inspector in Ohio,
says: When butter is properly churned, both
as to Jme and temperature, it becomes firm
with 'cry little woiking, aud it is tenacious;
but ia most desirable stato is waxy, when it
is easly moulded into any shape, and may bo
drawl ojt a considerable length without
brealing. It is then styled gilt edged, It is
only n this state that butter possesses that
rich, nutty flavor and smell, and shows up a
ricb.'rolden-yellow color, which imparts so
high a degree of pleasure in eating it, aud
which pcreases its value manifold. It is not
always necessary, when it smells sweet, to
taste bitter in judging it. The smooth, unc
tious feting, in rubbing a little between the
finger nd thumb, expresses at once its rich
quality the nutty smell and rich aroma indi
cate a miliar taste; and the bright golden,
glistenig, cream-colored surface shows its
height f cleanliness. It may be necessary, at
times, t use tho trier, or even uso it until you
become an expert in testing by taste, smell
and rubing.
Bcfot' the civil war tho exports of necan
nuts frcn Iudianola, Texas, were reported at
$I0O,O0J now it is estimated that the amount
annually gathered exceeds $2,000,000. No
care, hcrever, has been taken of the trees;
in fact, it many localities trees fifty to one
hundred years old have been cut down to
A-t,ri liH nflif- Willi nmn., nr vf il...
tra ari vsLprnatif rttij,rinr nf ! OTVtvi I
is beUvd that $10,000,000 could be annually
raised. Mexicans and negroes arc the most
liW grwtm fwMva c
Anti-Monopoly League Meeting.
Crow, Or., Jau. 2, 1882.
Editor Wlllamette'Farmer :
Thero was an Anti-Monopoly Le ague meet
ng in Sinslan precinct on Saturday last wi.h
the following officers : J. P. St wart, Chair
man; John Simpson, Vicft-Cbairman; F. M.
Nighswairder, Secretary; George Landrith,
Treasurer;. Executive Committee: O. J
Laird, J. B. Coleman, James Hcatherly. The
Grango consists of about an equal number of
Democrats and Republicans. We are in favor
of hanging those who want to serve the dear
people if, after they pledge themselves to vote
for certain measures, they then violate their
pledges. Also, we will not support any per
son who has accepted a free pass on a railroad,
for any office within the gift of the people.
The League meets again on tho second Satur
day in February, at 10 A. M. Lane county
Leagues are invited to be present.
F. M, NiauswANDEH, Seo.
A Special Correspondent
The well-known author Mrs. A. H.
Leonowens has been sent to Russia by the
Youths Companion, and will soon contribute a
striking series of articles on "Life in tho Out-of-the-way
Nooks aad Corners of Russia."
I,,
Wilxt B. Allkm, No, 163 Third street,
lays us undsr obligations for a valuable assort
ment of sheet music, lately issued from the
press, M follows i "I heard an Angel Voice
last Night," song with piano accompaniment;
"Constancy," a beautiful ballad by Edgar
Fnwoett, musio by E. Cook; "Lost in the
deep, .deep Sea," a descriptive song with
chorus; "Cast our Little Thought for Me,"
musio by Will L. Thompson; "Speak to
Mother Kindly," a beau til ul song and chorus;
also the following instrumental pieces: "Gar
den City Schottische," and "Jolly Coons
Sohottischo.", Mr. Allen ha always on hand
beat musio tifbest and newest publication,
also musio books and musical instruments ot
all kinds and careful attention will be paid to
filljng orders from the country. -
Tuk leading article in the Worth America
Review for January contains the judgments of
five ot the most distinguished American au
thorities upon "Tho Moral responsibility of
tho Insane Just at present this subject oc
cupies a very prominent place in the minds of
the American people; but quite apart from
its momentary interest, as connected with the
extraordinary trial now in progress in Wash
ington, the problem of determining the tact
ef insanity, and fixing the limits of responsi
bility of the insane, is one that in itself pos
sesses an irresistible attraction for every gen
erous mind. The wreck and ruin of intellect
appeals at onco to our highest sympathies and
to whatever is noblest in human curiosity,
Tho authors selected for tho discussion of this
subject are Drs. Beard and Seguin, of New
York, Dr. Elwell, of Cleveland, Dr. Jewell,
of Chicago, and Dr. Folsom. of Boston. The
other articles in the January number of the
Review are as follows : "The Now Political
Machine," by William Martin Dickson -,
"Shall Women Practice Medecina 7" bv Dr.
Mary Putnam Jacobi; "Tho Geneva Award
anil the Insurance Companies," by G, 11.
Cole; and a "Chapter of Confederate His
tory," by F. G. Rtiih'ii.
The announcement is made that tho Febru
ary number of the Review, to be issued Janu
ary 15, will contain Part III, of -ho "Chris
tian Religion" series of articles, and that it is
to be a very able defence of the Christian
faith.
Tjik editor and proprietor of the North
American Review announces that the Review
will bo hereafter published at No. 30 Lafay
ette Placo, and will appear under its own im
print. He states that ho has found it impos
sible to conduct tho publication in tho spirit
of tho motto adopted by its founders, making
it a forum of independent thought, and ex
tending, at his discretion, the hospitality of
its pages to thinkers and scholars of all cree Is
and forms of belief, and at the samo tiiuu to
maintain relations with a publishing houw
having extensive school book and other inter
ests of its own to promote This change of
imprint will involve no alter ition wlutuvcr in
the organization or service of tho Review.
There is one city provided with pure milk,
and that is Frankfort on-the-Maiu. Tho busi
ness is conducted by a concern called the an
stalt, established by the medical astociatiou
and managed by a commiuion constating f
three physicians, ono veterinary surgeon and a
chemist. The cms are carefully selected aud
properly fed and housed managed, in fact,
pretty much as the herds of 'gilt-cilge"dairy-men
are and the milk it delivered within
four hours from the time it leaves the cow, in
glass bottles, Sealed with wax.
One San Francisco firm has shipped this
year 4,240,000 pounds of green fruit, and paid
in railroad charges on it $118,000, being at
the rate of 2 cents per pound, or $55 jier tou,
or $550 a car load. The bulk of the shipments
has been by fast trains at the rate of $1,075 a
carload, aud it is estimated that the total
amount paid in freight charges this season is
$300,000.
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WbHtvMrfUMllMAlVJnLVSnAKUv
NO. 47.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Silk culture in Louisiana has of late become
a thriving industry, and to-day promises sn
abundant production. The mulberry trees
escaped injury by frost, and tho silk worms
are increasing in quality and numbers hand
somely. The attempt hegun not nng ago to cultivate
sponges at Pino Grove, Fla, seems to be suc
cessful to a satisfactory degree. The growth
of tho sponge is much more rspid than bad
been supposed; piecs that were only two
inches long when transplanted grew to be
seven or ciht inches in diameter in seven
months.
Another consignment of Australian meat
has reached London in a frozen state from
Sydney, and the condition of it is pronounced
excellent. Each quarter of beef and every
sheep was sowed iu a white cloth, and when
the wrappings wcro removed in London, the
hard moat "looked as clear and fresh as if it
had just como from a butcher shop." Ot beef
there were 1,033 quarters; of sheep 1,469 car.
casses; in all about 116 tons of meat.
Tho richest person to-day upon the Sand,
wich Islands is Claua Spreokles of Honolulu.
-A few years ago he was laughed at when ha
purchased 10,000 aorrs of land for ten cents
an acre, as the tract was at the foot of an ex.
tinct volcano, and coverved with a crust on
the surface like flagstone walk. He broke
up this crust, mixed the dust with a small
quantity of vegetable mold, thoroughly irri
gated the soil thus formed, and planted sugar
cane. To-day he ia a millionaire.
The farmer who wculd be successful must
keep a sharp eye upon such of his land as ia
down to grass. It it yields him a good crop
of hay or furnishes him a rich pastnre for his
animals, he may be quite sure he is on the
road to success. On the other hand, if tho
meadow is light and the posture furnishes
only a scanty picking, thero is littlo hope that
-the year will be a profitable ono. Look wel
to the grass land."'""
At the estate in England .known as the
"Elvedon " owned by an Indian prince, who
ia an enthusiast sportsman, there are 140
acres of woods and meadows,, enclosed by a
wire fence ten feet high, devoted to breeding
pheasants: 6,000 birds form the breeding
stock, and at tho height of the laying seasou
2,000 eggs are picked up in a day. These are
sold all over the country, and Elvodon eggs
are tho most sought for by other gentlemen
who rear pheasants.
COMPANY MANNERS.
"Will you please sit down and wait a few
moments till mother comes t" said a little girl
to two ladies who caino to see her mother.
"And will you give mo a glas of water,
Martha ?" asked ono of tho lailios; "I am
very thirsty."
"With plcasuro," answered Martha, and
she pie-sently ramo back with two goblets of
water on a Hinall waiter, which sho passed to
both ladies.
"Oh, thank ynu," said the othcrlady; "you
aro very thoughtful."
"You aro quite welcome," said Martha,
very sweetly.
When Martha went out of the room, one of
the ladies eaid; "This little girl ia one of the
luvliost children I uver met, How sweet and
obliging her manners aro I"
Let us go into tho next room and soe,
Martha took tho waiter back into tho dining
room,
"Mo drink I mo drink I" cried littlo Bobby,
catching hold of his sister's dress and screw
ing up his rosy lips.
"(Jet out, Boh I" cried Martha; "go to
Budget." "Don't spnuk so to your little
brother," said Bridget. "It is none of your
business what I say," cried Martha, tossing
back her head,
"Miutlia!" That is grandmother calling
from the top of tho stairs, "What I" screamed
Martha back. "Please como hero, dear,"
said grandma. "I don't want togo,"inut
trrcd Martha. She, however, dragged her
self upstairs. Unwilling feet, you know, find
it hard to climb.
Martha," taul grandma, "will you try
and find my spiet? I am pretty sure I left
them iu tho dining-room." "No, jou ilid-i't,"
cried Martha, in a cros., contradictory tons;
"you always loso them up hero;" and she
rtumged arouui tho ehmnber, tumbling
thiniis over liko the north wind,
"No matter," said the dear old lady, seeing
that she would have- much to do to nut thincs
to rights again, "no matter, Martha; they
w ill come to hand." and sho iiuietlv nut down
mo uewipaper ior oy anil uy. aiartha lelt
her aud went down stairs with a pout.
Oh. dear I wbero aro Marthas civil and
obliging manners ? Why those aro her com-i-anv
manners. Sho puts them on iu the par.
lor, ami puts them oil when sho leaves the
parlor, Sho wears them before isilors, and
hangs them up when they are gone. You seo
she has no inaurers at homo. She is cross
and disobliging and rude ami selfish. She
forgets thai homo is tho rilUT placo to be
Polite in in the kitchen as well as in the
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I parlor. Thero is no spot in the house where
good manners can bo dispensed with, JCjc,
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