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THE OEEGON SCOUT. JONIiS A: CIIANCUV, rublUlicrs. UNION, OREGON, HEWS NOTES. There were 100 deaths In Oilrngo last ircek, aa compnml with 200 during th lorresponuing ween 01 nisi year. Old Spot, the horso that Qon. Grant mwl nt Vlrkshurij. was sold last year lor fll by order ot tho quartermaster and bns now Joined a circiiH. Ilaggngo mastors report that a new iwlndlo has beon Invented. At a crowded itation after a porsnn has got his baggngo jhecked a man rushes up and, asks for tho :hcck to rectify an nllegcd mistake, n uio ;heck is given up tho passenger Is very likely to lose hla bnggagc. Tho Knights of Honor brought suit at Louisville, Ky., against Col. Robert J. Brcckenridgo, Into Huprctno treasurer, for Filli.OOO. TIio plnintill clinrgea tnav nrccK mridgo, as Bupremo treasurer, has failed iixl toiuscs to account ior j.i.uuu biiico tho expiration of his term of olllco. A twelve-year-old Dakota girl, taken up Into tho air by a cyclone, carried out of light nnd brought easily down in a field a nimrt.nr nt a milo awn v. describes her sen nation whilo in tranHit ns that of being rapidly nnd constantly pricked by tliou imuIh f iirndlns. Since her experience she has been nffected filuiilar to a person with St. Vilus's (lance. Forty-two thousand dollnrs has been In tho Catholic institutions by Mr, Hylvcster Johnson, a distiller ut Now Haven, Ivy. Germany has proposed a plan for tho ucttleniontof tho Roumellnn problem, which is said to havo been sanctioned by Russia, Aimlrin. and Knclnnd. It contemplate, among other things, the recognition of tho union between uuignrin nnu iioumoiia un der 1'rlnco Alexander, tho latter to ac knowledge tho sultan's sovereignty; tho re jection of tho Greek nnd Servian demands, itnd tho moral support of Turkey in resist ing any attempt to enforce tlieiu. Frederick Grolncr, tho wiunleier of Mar garet Seeling, was hanged in tho Franklin county (Ohio) jail on tho 17th. Tho trap was sprung at 12:12, and ho dlod in eleven minutes of strangulation. The execution was witnessed by nbout seventy-five poo plo. Grclner wns wonderfully cool and flolf-poHsessed. mingling with friends in tho jail, and at 11:150 sent word to tho sheriff that ho was ready. Ho camo on tho scaf fold smoking a cigar and uttered only a sentence bidding all good-byo. Tho will of tho lato Cardinal McCloskey lias boon filed for probate. Tho document Is brief. Ho directs his oxecutors to pay all his just dobts and funeral testamontary expenses Immediately aftor his decease lie bcqueatlm'to Archbishop Corrignn. bishop McLaughlin ol llrooklyn, and bishop Mc Mcrmy of Albany, tho roninlndcr of his estate, appointing thoin at tho snmo tlmo his oxecutors. It hns boon determined to hold a nation al convention of tho Irish National Lenguo of America in Central Music hall, Chicago, Jan. 20, 1880. This date is fixed to no commodato Mr. 1'arnoll, who has cabled tho prcMldent that ho will uttond tho con vention accompanied by a Htrong delega tion from tho Irish parliamentary party, including tho Hon. T. I). Sullivan, lord mayor of Dublin. Tho oxcciitivo olllcorn of tho leaguo will Ihsuo an olllclal cull dur ing the coming week. Agonts of tho Cannda Southern Railway company havo sold to a syndlcato tho lml anco of tho company's second mortgago bonds (about $3,000,000), most of which will bo paid for In caBh at a price near tho present market quotation. This will can bio tho company to pay at onco all its floating dobts incurred for tho construction work douo when tho road was takuu by tha Michigan Soutliora. FOREIGN INTKLIilOUNCK. Tho North Gorman Gazette says it is glad to scoHigns of unanimity among tho powers for a sottloiuont of tho troublos in tho Hal kans. Commenting on tho situation in tho llalkuns, it says: "Tho hopo that diploma cy will succeed In peacefully sollllng tho Roumellan dilllculty has Increasod in vlow ot tho fact that tho Bulgarian authorities havo arrested tho leaders of several bands of Sorvlan elnlgrunts who had beon endeav oring to stir up a rovolt against King Milan, thus depriving Sorvia ot a pretext for recrimination." In regard to tho collective note of tho am bassadors urging Bulgaria to refrain from hostilities, tho government, after inaturo reflection, hns decided to reply that it will accent tho udvieo of tho powers in vlow ol Hervln's attitude. In accordance with this decision tho government will recall a ma jority of tho llulgiirlun troops, leaving a rxunll garrison on tho frontier, pending a decision ot tho powers In regard to tho fata of ltouiuelhi. Admiral Mlot, commander ot tho French forces in Madagascar, has been recalled for disobeying an order of the war olllco In fighting tho Hovas at Tu ratal on tho 10th of Soptomber lust. Tho French government Is treating with tho Hovai for a peaceful settlement ot tho dilllculty through tho Italian conmil at Tauurarive. Ono hundrod and thlrty-olght now cases of cholera and seventy-six deaths from tho diseaso wero reported throughout Hpuln on tho 11th. A cholera panic prevails at Sovillo and the people aro lleoiug from tho city. PERSONAL AN1)"0TIIERWISE. Borne nt tho codfish caught In Alaska weigh 400 pounds. Ths Tarnell pnrty will contest all th Irish parliamentary seats save twelvo. Thr Is a lady In llrooklyn who never creams at tho sight of a mouse. 8h Imply swoons and says nothing. Nearly all the glass manufactories In Now York, Pennsylvania and the New England states havebeen closed, owing to the strike ot tho employes for higher wnges. The first double conviction under the Edmunds law occurred at Salt Lake city last week, W.'D. Nenson being found guilty ol polygamy and Illegal cohabitation. Frank James has refused a retntner ot $100 offered by a Kansas fanner who de sired to have the nx-bandit murder a man lor him. Frank Is growing better us he gets older. A California ilrl shoots wild geese nnd sends their feathers to market, and In this way she has laid by $800 to live tin man who marries her. It Is thought the men all seera to be waiting to mnke It $1,000. Lieutenant Orecly snys that It cost him more than $40 to deliver a recent lecture In MassAchusetU at an agricultural fair. None of his expenses were paid. He found the day a colder one than any he ever ex pritatd la the Arctic regions. A TRAGEDY IN NEBRASKA. Tho Terrible Work of a Toting Man on a Saunders County Farm. He Kill JIU fiUter-ln-Ijnw nnd Her Child nnd Vires (lie House. Then Commits SutcUU TFltA a FUtoU Wahoo special to the Omaha Ilerald: A fearful tragedy, perhaps one of the very worst ever recorded In tho state, oc curred scvon miles southeast of thla town last night. Potor Honges, an Alsatlar, has lived on a farm with his wife, Sophia Ilengea, and his little daughter Llzzlo, aged four years, for some tlmo, tho family be comiag well known. Ono yearago Nicholas Ilengea, a brother of Peter, 22 years old, camo to this country and took up his real denco on the farm. Nicholas was never considered a very brlgld youth, but lived very pleasnntly because of his good nature. Lnstsumnicr his temperament was changed by a sunstroke, which prostrated him for many days. Ho wns easily angered and was considered not at all steady, at times, in the region of tho head. Peter and his brother were yesterday at work on a farm two miles from homo. In the evening Nicholas returned to his brother's family, leaving Peter to spend tho night whero ho was at work. Potor gavo Nicholas nomo Instructions as to duties to perform and articles to bring back with him next morning. Ho left and was not ngaln seen nlivo by anyono who can positively toll ot his actions. At 8 o'clock in tho evening two neighbor named Jacobson and Nelson, drovo by the houso and wero greatly surprised to see a man walking nround the houso and stables and apparently sotting them afire. The man moved rapidly and suddenly disap peared around tho northeast corner ot the houso. They tied their horses and won proceeding to tho bnrn when Haines burst out of tho windows of tho houso near by, to which they ran. Entry wns shut off by tin nnniM nnil xmnki. and they wero forced to turn toward the barn nnd stacks, which by this time wero all ablaze. They had gono but a short distance when a pistol shot t,irlleil them. Neighbors, from ono-clghth to two miles distant, congregated about the buildings, but could do nothing to abate the flames. The root ot tho housa fell In, and tho bnrn nnd grain wero entirely consumed. Tlicn a eearcli wns commenced. Iclnl nf tho ruins of ilio house thoy f nit nil Mm rntnninn of Mrs. Helices nnd the little girl. They wero lying far apnrt. and wero burned hevond recosnitlon with tiro exception of tho left side of tho girl's face. .lolin lirynn, who uvea near oy, ucaru mo shot and biiw tho flames, and in running to the Bceno camo upon the body of Nicholas Henger lying at tho side of tho barn near a haystack. The odor arising from tho burning flesh wns something unendurable, but by a great elfort he threw water on the body and saved the faco and head from de struction. The legs and right hand were burned off. An Investigation followed, nnd it was found that tho woman had been struck on tho top of tho head by a heavy weapon and Unit tlio utile gin nnu noun killed by a blow over tho toniplo. Both wore undoubtedly dead beforo tho flames reached thorn. Nicholas had shothimsell through tho right tomplo with a revolver, tho weapon being found in closo proximity lO I1IS IlgllV lljUHl. Manv Ideas aro advanced ns to the causo which led to the tragedy, but only two are found tcnnblo. Tlio nrst is tunc tno younj innn wont homo and took ndvnlltneo of the absenco of his brother to criminally assault bin sister-in-law. Whothur or not ho suc ceeded ran nover bo known, but it is bo lioved that, overcome by fear lie killed the woman nnd her child to conceal ovidoncool his crlmo, and then soized with remorse at, his heinous offenses, he killed himself, Those who nro best acquainted with the niilciiln Incline to tho boiiet that no such as Bault wns committed. Thoy nro thoroughly acquainted with tho squabbles of the family, and boliovo that tho triple crime eruw out of a nettv ounrrcl. nided by youni HcngeH' weak brnin. They beliovo that lie went home, executed tho commissions ol his brother, and went into tho house to rest. Then ho was asked to milk tho cows a task that always brought about a quarrel when proposed. Becoming angry and desperate Nicholas doterinlued to re sent any indignities to which ho may have boon subjected. Ho procured a railroad coupling link that hud been lying on the roof ot tho kitchen, and with it killed the woman. Then ho determined to kill the llttlo girl and set the buildings on firo Hint bo might escape detection. While so on encod ho saw two moil approaching, and soized with dread as to tho consequonccs ol his awful nets he took Ids own lilu witn mi brother's rovolver. Tlio PollClcnl IteMllt In Ohio. Complete unolllcial returns on tho head ot tho ticket in Ohio havo now been re ceived and show a total of Ga.fiQJ. votes for Forakcr and .IG.CIIJ for Hoadly. For nkcr's majority Is 17,083. Returns on the legislative ticket contlnuo indefinite, owing to uncertainty as to tlio result in Hamilton county. Tho republicans claim four sena tors and nino representatives in tills coun ty. Tho democrats claim the whole delega tion foursonators and ten representatives. Only the olllclal count can determine it. Omitting Hamilton county, tho closest nnalysls that can be made is that tho re publicans havo clectod to tho houso titty eight mombers and the democrats fort ono; doubtful, Stark county. In tho sen ate, omitting Hamilton county, the reptib cans will havo seventeen and the democrats sixteen. Tho twenty-one district? given to tho republicans In the abovo count aro not conceded by the democrats. Carried Awny by an Eagle. Toronto (Out.) dispatch: This after noon while the wife of Jean llaptlsto Row llley, residing ton miles from hero, nccom panletl by Iter two-year-old child, was feeding hor fowls, n largo bald-headed caglo swooped down and bom tho child away. Tlio neighbors turned out with Bhotguns, but tho only effect of their firing wns to accelerate tho eaglo's flight. Tho bird alighted on top ol a burn a milo away and was scon to make several Btrokes at the chlld'H head with Its beak. Tho neigh bors had got pretty closo by this time and Bticeeeded lu frightening tho bin! away. Tho child's body was recovered, but lllo was ex tinct, a hole having been made In Uh skull mill h portion ot tho lira In devoured by the bird. To Makk Siikkp Pay. To benefit to tho full extent by raising and keeping a numerous flock of sheep; roota must be growi for viuter use, und when this u found to bo true, nnd roots nro grown on a proper field ByaUnu, bo as to coat but from 6 ta 8 cents per bushel, ahocp husbandry will go nhead, Son soap, mixed with a solution of potash or cuustio aoitu, or pearl ash mixed with aufllciout water to form a pasto, if laid ou with a brush or rug ami loft for somo hours, will easily to wovo old putty aud paiut. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. The act of congress providing for the tat Ing of a scml-dcccnnlnl census in tho states and territories authorized the secretary ot the interior to pay half the cost of tho cen sus where returns were filed with the de partment beforo Sept. 1st. Dakota nnd Colorado each took a census and presented accounts amounting to $;)o.bUU nnd 520.' 073 respectively. Certificates for these amounts wero mnde by tho Interior depart ment, out upon presentation to tno treas ury department tney wero cancelled. The president to-day appointed Thos. R. Sernigan, of North Carolina, consul of the United States at Osaka and Uiego, Japan The postmaster general has decided that the department is under no obligations to deliver mail thrown into Its box by Wells, Fargo fc Co. after they havo cancelled their stamp, and postmasters nave been re quested to reiuso Bucii matter, it appears that it has been tho prnctico of tlio express compnny to transport letters as far as their lines extend aud men jilnco tnom in tlio United States mail for delivery when tlio point of destination is beyond tho limits of tlieir own service Dissensions havo sprung up among tho Tennessco delegation, growing out of a con test over tho postmastership of Jackson, Tenn. This postolllco is on tho presiden tial grade, and is regarded tho most Im portant in Representative Taylor's dis trict. Mr. Taylor had his candidate for postmaster in tho person of Mr. Howard. Senator Jackson, however, antagonized Mr. Tnylor and secured tho support of Senator Harris in urging the appointment of Hunt to tho olllco. Tho reprcsontative offered to poll tho town to ascertain tlio Btrength of tho rival candidates, but tlio offer wns declined. Taylor is reported to havo declared that Howard had the sup port of the entire business community in his candidacy. It appears, however, that tho senatorial influence lias prevailed, ns the representative has been informed thnt his man will bo appointed. J. A. Mnnning, tho attorney whoso dis barment by the court of Alabama claims was tho indirect result of tho recent oUicial objections to "necessary incidontat ex penses" of the court, has filed a motion asking reiiiBtatomont. It was passed upon by tho court In a written opinion delivered by Presiding Judgo Harlan and concurred In by tho other two judges. Tho motion was denied. Tho secretary of tho treasury hns re quested tho resignation of Benjamin P. Davis, deputy fourth nuditor of tho treas ury, and hns selected his successor, but his namo is withheld for tho present. . Tlio re quest for Davis' resignation wns inudo only awcokago, but has notbeen complied with. It is Btated at tho treasury department that changes will bo made gradually in a number ol other offices in a similar grade. Tho president has virtually decidod to postpone tho appointment of a superin tendent of tho coast and geodetic survey until aftor the. meeting of congress. It lias been suggested to tho president that an en gineer oliicer of the army or navy might properly bo detailed to perform tho duties of tlio ofllco, nnd thnt question is now un der consideration. Tho president has mado the following ap pointments: To bo consul general ot the United States Bonjamin F. Bonhnm, of Oregon, at Calcutta. To be United States codhuIs Win. A. GaraBche, of Mihsouri. at Martinique; Charles Foster, of Iudiann, at Klborfiold; N. .1. Arbelly. of Tennessee, at Jerusalem. Karnest P. Baldwin, ol Mis souri, to bo deputy first auditor of the trenBiiry. Eggs ns Food. Eggs aro an nrticlo of cheap nnd nu tritious food which wo do not find on farmers' tables in tho quantity economy demands. Thoy nro very convoniont to lako to market, and this is tho dispo sition whioh too many farmers make- of them. Thoy probably do not fully com prehend how valuable eggs nro ns food ; that, like milk, an egg is a complete food in itself, containing everything necessary for tho development of a per fect animal, ns is manifest from tho fact that a chick is formed from it. It seems a mystery how muscles, bones, fenthers, and everything that a chick requires for its perfect development nro made from tho yelk nnd white of nn egg ; but such is the fact, nnd it shows how complete n food an egg is. It is also easily digests oil, if not damaged in cooking. A raw or soft-boiled egg is nlwavs as easily us Bimilnted ns is milk, and can be eaten with impunity by children and invalids. Tlio nverngo egg weighs n thousand grains, and is worth more as food than so inuoh beefsteak. Indeed thero is no more concentrated and nourishing food than eggs. Tho albumen, oil and salino inuttor are, ns in milk, in tho right pro jKrtion for sustaining animal life. "When eggs bring no moro than 20 cents per dozen, it is much better economy to find a market for them in the family than at tho store. Two or threo boiled eggs, with tho nddition of a slico or two of toast, will mnko a brenkftiBt sufficient for a man and good enough for a King. An ordinary lion's egg weighs from ono and a half to two ounces, a duck's egg from two to threo ounces, tho egg of sea-gull and tho turkoy from threo to four ounces, and tho egg of a gooso from four to six ounces. Tlio solid matter and tho oil in tho duck's egg exceed those in a hen's egg by about one-fourth. According to Dr. Edward Smith, in his treatise on "Foods," nn egg weighing an ouneo and three-quarters consists of 120 grains of carbon aud 18 grains of nitrogen, or 15.25 per cent, of carbon and 2 of nitrogon. A writer in tlio Sol' cttdjio Winner estimates that tho valuo of ono pound of eggs, bb food for sus taining tho active forces of tho body, is to tho valuo of ono pound of lean beef as 1,681 is to 5)00. As a flesh producer ono pound of eggs is about equal to ono pound of beef. A hen may bo calcu lated to consume ono bushel of corn yearly, and to lay ton dozen, or fifteen pounds of eggs. This is equivalent to suyiug that throo aud one-tenth pounds of corn will produce, whou fed to a hen, five-sixths of a pound of eggs. But five sixths of a pound of jwrk requires about fivo pounds of com for its production. Whou eggs aro ono shilling per dozen and pork fivo-poueo ier pound wo havo a bushel of corufod, producing ton shill ings' worth of egga and four shillings, worth of pork. Judging from theso facta eggs must bo ocouomical in their production and iu their eating, and es pecially fit for tlio laboriug man in re vlacing meat, Jlrovlsloncr, The Ion of cattle by iteameri which laded for England from American ports during the month of Auguit amounted to 330. Slnpr-Sliifr Prison Punishment. Letter to San Francisco Argonnut. The pnrty was put in the hnnds of a hend keeper nnd Bent tho rounds. Tho keeper wns nn Irishman, with a clean-shaven and crafty-looking fnce. lie had nn observant eye, and ho did not smile whilo he was showing the party around, until hecanietoa room which was fitted up with dark cells. A real professional dark cell is about the blackest thing on tho face of tho earth when you are in itandthedoor is closed. The party played a pleas ant and n?rceablo little trick on tho oldest member. I fe said he had heard a great deal about the exaggerated notions men had of timo spent in a dark room, and he asked the keeper if lie would not lock him in there for fivo minutes by the watdi, and let him have tho experience; so he was locked up in a little whitewashed cell, in which he could scarcely turn around. Not a particlo of liht was ndmitted, nnd a mm might yell himself honrse forever without being heard outside. Having locked him in securely, his kind friends went cheerfully oil and investigated tho iron-foundry, shoe-shops, saw mills, and docks. Nearly an hour elapsed, and then they returned and released him. "It seemed a pretty long fivo min utes, didn't it, colonel?" asked the youngest man, flippantly. "N-no," said the colonel, who had a strained, round-shouldered, hollow eyed, nervous, melancholy, and unnat ural air; "no, I shouldn't think I was there moro thnn fivo minutes. You see it's a great thing to have a strong hold on your imagination nnd not let it run away with you, Still," wearily, "I must say -that that three-legged stool wns rather uncomfortable." At this moment the attention of everybody was attracted by tho keep er, who was actually smiling. It was the first timo his features had relaxed during tho day, and tho crowd gath ered around him. "I'm going to show you a little in vention of my own," lie said, plcns nntly, "which has been adopted all over tho country. I suppose you know that the criminals often get ugly. Tho nlaco that harbors moro than fifteen hundred of New York's worst Hcum must necessarily have a number of hard characters to deal with. Men hero get rebellious, ill-tempered, and unmanageable pretty often. Informer years they used tho lash, tho puddle, tho douche, and often calmed men by putting them into tho black-rooms. Tho fiercest spirits aro quelled by im prisonment in a dungeon. The wild est case we over had turned to a lamb after twenty-five days' imprisonment, without a gleam ot liglit, in a biacK- cell. AH that is settled now, however, by my littloinvention. Wedon thavo to uso tho black-cells, or anything else, and tho men are so thoroughly Beared by what I call my 'weighing macliuio' tliat tney no longer ngni ami rebel." Ho then showed it to us. If a convict becomes desperato at ill treatment, over-work, or a realization of the awful durat ion of a twenty-years' sentence.ho is dragged into the keeper's room and ft pair of iron linndeulls aro screwed tightly around his wrists. Then tho chain which connects thotwolmnd cull's is hooked to a pully, and tho man's hands are drawn up until ho is almost lifted from the floor. Hero ho hangs against tho wall until his spirit istsubdued. Tho wall was smeared with tho stains of blood from tho wrihts of the poor wretches who had hung thero. "It's a daisy," said tho keeper, ra diantly; "tho toughest man in the whole jail has never beon abloto stand it more than three-quarters of a min ute. It cures rheumatism, blindness, and all the other ills that criminals aro heir to." "It must bo torture." "Well, rather, It stops tho circula tion of the blood, you know." And ho still smiled as ho stood with his hands on thopully, whilothocrowd wandered away. It's a great thing to have clear idea of tho humorous. Elopement Sensation. A Lowell, Mass., telegram to tho Now York Herald says: Lowell has tho biggest sensation of tho season on its own hands just at present. A cer tain young married lady, ono of tho belles of tho city, and wife of one of tho wealthiest and most prominent citizens, has eloped with a traveling ngent. The circumstances aro tho talk of tho town, but tho names nro only whispered. Tho lady was prom inent in society ard in charitable and religious work, nnd was an officer of a club formed exclusively of the Indies of thocity. Tho husband is a member of ono of tho Massachusetts yacht clubs, and with his wife, has attended :his season most of tho cruisers in eastern waters. They havo traveled together through Europo and extensively iu this country. Recently, "it is said," that they have disagreed in a number of mattors, and, although residing in tho snmo houso on tho most fashion ablo street in tho city, havo spoken to each other only when in general socie ty and whon such conversation bo ciuno necessary to prevent gossip. A few days ngo the wife made a visit to Loxington, and there mot hor lover, and since then has not been seon or heard of by her husband. It is said that ho will make no great effort to learn her whereabouts or induco her to return. A physician in Boston took tho troublo to examine 3,720 prescrip tions at a drug store to seo what rem edies wore tho most popular. Quinino took tho load by making part of 202 prescriptions. Morphine camo next, in 172; bromide of potnssium in 171; iodide of potnssium in 155, nnd muri nto of iron in 1U!. Tho total number of articles mthopharmacopnuaisOOl, and 50-1 of them wero asked for hi one form or another. BACK FItOM LIBERIA. An Intelligent Georgia Nccrem Gives Itet Impression of the African Itopitbllc. From tho Atlanta Constitution. .Tuna Hudson has arrived in Atlanta, after nn absenco of over seventeen years from Georgia. She was one oi the negroes who went to Liberia soon nftcr the closo of the war. Sho be longed to Major J. W. Warren of the Executive office, nnd wns tho nur.e of his children. The craze for Liberia did not captivate Juna, but it caught her husband, a skilful mechanic, who was a free negro in slavery times, and had accumulated property. In tho latter part of 1807 thero was a very largo emigration of negroes from the cotton States to Liberia. A party of ubout fifty was mado up in Mus cogee and adjoining counties, of which Hudson and his family were prominent members. Tho negroes who composed this colony werencarlyall old servants of well-known Georgia families. They reached Liberia safely, and founded a town which they named Fortsville, in honor of tho well-known Georgia family. The history of tho colony is a sad ono. Most of its members died ol tho fever. Hudson prospered and nc cunialated considerable property. A few months ago ho died. His widow determined to return to Georgia with her two children and spend tho rem nant of her days among her old friends. She reached Atlanta, and went at once to seo "Mars Joo" Warren at tho Cap itol, who gavo her a cordial welcome. Juna Hudson is a woman of remark able intelligence, and appears to be well educated. When asked what she thought of that country, sho said: "I never liked it. It is a remarkably rich country and the climate is generally agreeable. I don't know when I have felt a day as hot as this. Tho trouble is with the fever, which never fails to attack settlers, and it is very fatal. It takes two years at least to become acclimated, and I don't think the cli mato over n-u-ecs well with anybody but the natives." "Is tho population growing. "No, sir. I think not. Tlio natives may bo increasing, but thero are fewer American, negroes thero now than there use to be. Nearly all of the fif ty tfiat went over in our party died. Some camo back. On the vessel that brought mo back to New York wero twenty-ono emigrants returning to this country. They generally get enough of Liberia in six months." "What nbout the Government?" "It is modelled after ours. All tho officers aro negroes, and there aro a good many politicians." "Do the people generally seem to bo happy?" "Well, Isupposeso. The nativesaro happy in tlieir way, but I don't think the country would satisfy thoso who had been raised in Georgia." "What is the religion of thopcople?" "Among tho emigrants thero aro the various denominations wo havo here. Tho natives worship idols. "Why don't they send missionaries among them?" "They do, but it is a hopeless task, I think. Among tho thousands of na tives I saw while there, only three had been civilized nnd Christianized. Mis sionaries are scattered all over the country, and thoy find no troublo hi getting crowds of the natives into their churches and schools. Many of theso profess conversion, and aro enrolled as Christians, but almost invariably they go back to idolatry when they return to their tribes. The missionary work in Liberia seems to bo making no pro gress." "You don't think tho futu.ro of tho country looks bright?" "No, sir. Tlio emigrants who havo gone tliero from this country as a rule arc not contented. Many of themconio hack, and many more would come if thoy had tho means. Tho country is not going to fill up with intelligent American negroes, and I don't beliovo the natives will ever bo madointogood citizens. Thoy are ignorant ana brutal. They aro happy when they can come down from the forests loaded with fruits to sell iu tho towns, and then go back to their miscrablo huts." Changes in College Life. Now York Evening Post. "I've como down to buy somo bil liard tablesfor tho collegogymnasiuni. Can you tell mo tho best placo for them?" Such was tho salution with which an Amherst Professor, a few months ngo, startled a New York graduate, who, though notquito twen ty years nn alumnus, remembered how ill the billiard player fared with tho Faculty when ho was a student. An old graduate of Ilowdoin Co'lege, in Maine, returning to commencement fifty years after graduation, asked the meaning of a rambling noiso which is sued from tho gymnasium. "Bowling?" the old man musing re peated after a friend had answered his question; "thoy used to expel n boy for bowlingin my day." Colby University in tho samo stato isthomost sectarian and straight-laced institution any whero to bo found a plnco whero tho stago used to be regarded with a holy horror, The commencement at Colby occurred a few weeks ago, and among tho attractions of tho occasion, enjoy ing tho official recognition of tho au thorities, was tho performance of "Tho Merchant of Vcrnco'' by a compa ny of professional actors. Theso incidents illustrate lov revo lutionary has beon the change in the attitudo of college authorities toward tho students within tho memory of graduates now living. Doubtless there nro plenty of old alumni who think it is all a sad mistake, nnd who shake their hoads In dismay over a genera tion which bowls, plnys billiards nnd nttends theatrical performances under tho patronage of its instructors. Yet thoro is no doubt that this relaxation of tho ancient strictness in matters of amusement hns accompanied nn nd vanco in charncteer and manliness no less noteworthy. A PEERLESS RIDER. t!oT7 he Demonstrated the Superior!! of American Ilorseiuandilp. James Robinson was probably the king of tho trade. Joseph Wheelock, the atitor, who was tho boon compan ion of the rider, once told me the inci dents in the career of his friend during a visit ho paid to England about fif teen years ago. Robinson had been engaged at a salary of $2,000 a week to ride in Astlcy's royal amphitheater in London. For four weeks before he arrived ho wris heralded as tlie great est bareback equestrian of tho age. To amuse himself he took over with him a team ot American trot ting horses and a light buggy, but neglected to bring such horses as he would need to ride. The oversight rather astonished t he English managers, who thought their contract of course included the furnishing of horses. Robinson mado light of the matter, and said ho could break tho animals to his liking in the fortnight interveningbctween his arrival and the date of his debut. There was nothing left for the managers to do than to swallow their disappointment andpro vido him with horses. Theso ho re hearsed day after day at tho circus with skill and assiduity, but to find at last that they were beasts far inferior in intelligence to tho Kentucky thoroughbreds with which ho was ac customed to deal. Thenight of thofirst appearance of the American champion arrived. Tlio great building bearing tho historical namo of Astley was packed to suffocation to seo the per formance of tho reckless rider from over the sea. Robinson had, how ever, in tho short time allowed been utterly unablo to train tho English horses to his acts, and ns a conse quenco was at a sad disadvantage in what ho attempted. The best features of tho nets, including tho vaulting, he faijed in. The audienco hurried his exit from tho ring with hisses. A more dismal fiasco could not have awaited1 an artist. Tho Englishmen naturally took keen delight in the failure of the American, whom it was announced would eclipso tho best exploits in horsemanship as illustrated by English and French riders. The disgrnco huniilated Robinson to the dust. That very night ho went to the manager of the circus t o release him from his contract. "All I ask." ho said, "is that I may be retained in tho establishment on tho salary of the tumblers with whom I will appear at each performance unannounced. Then 1 want the privilege of practicing m tho morning." The manager, clad enough to be relieved from tho heavy cost of tho bargain, accepted the con ditions. The next, day Robinson had disposed of his trotting horses and vehicle, as well as other trans .and1 jewelry, until he had enough to pur chase six horses of the best blood at tainable, none of which had ever been ridden in a ring. The selection of tho animals occupied somo time. When at last the troupe was completed ho began breaking them to his business, a task which required great patiencu and an absolute insight into the nature of tho beast. Weeks passed. James Robinson, who hnd in the mean time been the butt of ridicule, was for gotten. Nightly ho was turning flip Hops in sawdust with a pack of mounte banks, some of whom did not know that among their number was the best rider in tho world. About tho timo that tho menials about tho circus es tablishment began to whisper that they cuessed that "blarsted Yankee" couid ride a little bit after all, Robin son called on the manager. "I wish, ho said, "that you would bill me to reappear next Monday night. If I don't succeed I'll pack upand go home.' With moro than a misgiving the posters wero pasted up over London s ueau wans. Again tnero was an unusual throne to havo their sneer at the presumptuous fellow whom everybody thought had long beforo gono'back. Rut tho American mado them laugh on tno other siueoiincir mouths. Thedisnlav of equestrianism which ho gavo threw the house into nn ecstacy of delight. Tho way ho vaulted on nnd off the backs of tho Hy ing steeds electrified tho frigid hearts beforo him. Recall after recall mado him famous in London town. The newspapers rang with his praise and spoke of his previous failure as a re markable reminiscence. Tho Astley peoplo wero glad enough to renew tho original contract to retain tho Amer ican rider, who returned 'homo two years later, with a European reputa tion and fifty thousand uouars to oooc. Syracuse Standard. Development or tho Trotter. When Flora Temple trotted a mile m 2:1 S 3-1. remarks tho New iork Herald, tho achievement astonished tho world. This was in 1850. The maro was looked upon as a wonder. 'ew then believed that a mile would i-er bo trotted in less than 2:15. It took eight years to lower tho record )f8u'J, and down to xaci tno uusi, made was 12:17. In that year tho record was reduced below 2;15 by Goldsmith Maid, who scored a milo in 2:14. IK- tlinnoht that tl to limit of a trotter's speed would nvntn iwo.m Hnr Maud S. had not vet mado her appearance, nor had Jay-Eyo-See. Tho former brought tho v,.rtrl ilnini in within a niiafter of ft pr second of 2:10 in 1SS1, nnd three ears later the latter reiiucou n. io m rpi,n nini1inli! nf 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 if llUldo bold' to predict a mile in 2:09, aud even 2:08. Maud S. has rapidly low- 1,1 - .1 X-v . .. T ) 1L' 1 . ereu the lormor nguro, aim u .--dent Edwards of tho Cleveland asso ciation, oxpresses his conviction that the wondorful maro can trot in 2:07 under favorable circumstances, and Mr. Honnor declares that it will not eurpriso him to seo tho prediction veri fied. , B- ' " Tho Corner Stone, Masonic organ, says that Sir Mosos Montofiore was "tho foremost brotlmr and most ardent advancer of the eraft."