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."