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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1885)
npon tuo ruiug prosperity of 1882 and 18&J outstripped tlio increasing expense of ourgrowlng service, was checked by tbo reduction In tlic rate of letter post ngo which took effect with the" beginning of October in the latter yenr, and dimin ished during the two past fiscal years $2,700,000, in the proportion of $2,270, 000 in 1SSI to 8520,000 In 1S33. Natural growth and development have meantime increased expenditure, re sulting In a deliclcncy In the revenue to the expenses of the department of live and n quarter millions of dollars for the year 183-1, and eight and a third millions In the last fiscal year. The anticipated and natural revival of tuo revenue has been oppressed and retarded by the un favorable business condition of the coun try, of which the postal service Is a faith ful Indicator. The gratifying fact Is shown, however, by the report that our returning prosperity is marked by a gain of 6380,000 la the revenue of the latter half of the last year over the correspond ing period of the preceding year. The change in the weight of Hrst-clns3 mat ter, which may be carried for a single rato of postage from a half ounce to an ounce, aild the reduction by one-half of tho rato of newspaper postage, which, under recent legislation, begun with tho current year, will operate to restrain the augmentation of receipts which other wise might have been expected to such a degree that the scale of expenses may gain upon the revenue and cause an in creased deliclcncy to bo shown at its close; yet after no long period of re awakened prosperity, by proper economy it is confidently anticipated that even the present low rates, now as favorable as any country affords, will bo adequate toj sustain tho cost of the service. Tho operation of the postolllcc depart ment is for the convenience and benellt of the people, and the method by which they pay tho charges of this useful arm of their public service, so that It be just and impartial, is of less Importance to them than the economical expenditure of the means they provido for Its maintenance and for the due improvement of its agen cies, that they may enjoy its highest usefulness. A proper attention has been directed to tho prevention of waste or ex travagance, anil good results appear from the report to have ahcady been ac complished. J approve of the recommendation of tho postmaster general to leduco the charges on doniestlu money-orders of and less from eight to live cents. Tills change will materially aid those of our people who most of all avail themselves of this Instrumentality, but to whom the ele ment of cheapness is of the greatest Im portance. With this reduction thosystem would still remain self-supporting. Tho free delivery system has been extended to nineteen additional cities during the year, and 178 nowonjoy its conveniences. Experience lias commended it to those who enjoy itu benellts, and further en largement of Its facilities will bo due to other communities by which it may bo adop ed. In tho titles where it has been estab lished, taken together, the local postage exceeds its maintenance by neatly one million three hundred thousand dollars. The limit to which this system is now confined by law has been nearly reached, and the reasons given justify tho exten sion which is proposed. It was decided, with my approbation, after a sulllclent examination, to bu In expedient for the post-otlleo department to contract for carrying our foreign mails under the additional authority given by the last congress. Tho amount limited was Inadequate to pay all within tho purview of tho law the full rate of llfty cents per mile. It would tiavo been unjust and unwise to havo given it to oiiH and denied It to others; nor could contracts havo been let under (lie law to all at a rate to have brought tho aggregate within the appropriation without such practical pre-arrangement of terms as would havo violated It. The rate of sea and Inland postage, which was proffered under another statute, clearly appears to be a fair compensation for the desired service, being three times tho price necessary to secure transporta tion by other vessels upon any route, and much beyond the charges made lo private- persons for ser vices not less burdensome. Somo of tho steamship companies, upon dm refusal of tho postmaster general to ittempt, by the means provided, the distribution of the sum appropiialed (an extra coinpei:sation") , withdrew the jervlccs of their vessels, and thereby occasioned slight inconvenience, though 10 considerable injury. Tho mails have ueon dispatched by other means. What sver may bo thought of tho policy of uibsldi.hur any lluo of publle conveyance artr.uel,! am satlslled that it should not bo done under cover of an oxpoudl ti ro Incident to the admiutstiatlon ot a department, nor should there he any un "ertaluty as to.the recipients of tho sub ldy, or nuv dUcretlon left to an xecutlvo olllceras tolls distribution. If such gifts of publle money me to be made for the purpose of aiding any enterprise- in the supposed Interest of the publle, I cannot but think that the imoilut to be paid and the bcuellclary might better bo determined bv congress than by any other way. Tho Inter national congress of delegates from the postal-union countries convened In Lis bon, rortugal. In lfcbruary last, and, liter u session of some weeks, the dele gates signed an agreement amendatory at tho present postal-union convention it pome particulars designed to advance Its purposes. This additional act has had my approval, and will be laid before you with departmental report. I improve the recommendation of tho postmaster general that another nssisi mtai.t be urovlded for his department. I Invito your consideration of tho several other recommendations contained hi his report, Tho Attorney Oenortvl. Tho report of the attorney general con tains a history of the conduct of the de partment of justice during the last year i ml a number of valuable Miggcitlous as :o needed legislation, and 1 Invite your ;areful attention to the tamo. The con iltlon ot business in tho courts of the United States is such that there seems to so nil imperative necessity for remedial legislation on the subject. Somo of these courts are so overburdened with pending causes that tiie delays on de termining litigation amount often to i denial of justice Among tho plans luggestcd for relief Is one submitted by the attorney general. Its innlii features ire the transfers of all the oilgltiul juris diction of tho circuit courts to the dis .trlct courts, and an Increase of judges for the latter, where neccssaryan addi tion of judges to the circuit 'ourts, and constituting them cx 'Jusvely courts of nppeul, and reas onably limiting appeals thereto and further restrictions of right to remove cause from the state to the federal courts, permitting appeals to tho su preme courts from courts of the District of Columbia, and from the torritorics only in tliesame casc3 as they aro allowed from state courts, and guarding against an unnecessary number of appeals from the circuit courts. I approve the plat thus outlined and recommend tho legis lation neccssery for its application to oui judicial system. A Necessary Synopsis. The present mode of compensation oi United States marshals and district at torneys the message declares should bt changed to fixed salaries. Under the present method unscrupulous marshal! are found encouraging frivolous prosecu tions. The message deals at great length upon the Indian question, citing facts already touched upon In the report of the secre tary of tho Interior. After reviewing facts concerning the education of the In dian's and their tribal relations, the president says: "I recommend the pas sago of a law authorizing the appoint ment of six commissioners, three oi whom shall be detailed from the army, to be charged wLh the duty of careful Inspection from time to time of all In dians 'ipon our reservations or subject 'to the care and control of the government, with the view of discovering their exact condition and needs and determining what steps shall be taken in behalf of the government to improve their sisuation in the direction of their self-support and complete civilization ; that It be ascer tained from such Inspection what. If any, of the reservations may bo reduced In area, and In such caes what part h not needed for Indian occupation may be purchased by tho government from the Indians and disposed of for their benellt; what, If any, Indians may, with their consent, bo removed to other reser vations, with a view of their con centration. The message directs that the powers and functions of the commission be strictly dcilued. The message recommends tho repeal and modillcatlou of certain of the laud laws, and deprecates the falling of largo tracts of land into tho hands of syndi cates for speculation. The president urges that trans-contl-nental roads be held to a strict account ability In the matter of their grants. The message cites that in July, 1SS5, there were It 15,125 persons borne upon the pension rolls an increase during ten years of 110,000 persons. Ho recom mends that care be taken to cleanse from the rolls names of any fraudulent person- Etrontr Ijnnguniro Against Polycamy. In tho territory of Utah tho law of the United .States, passed for tho suppression of polygamy, has been energetically and faithfully executed during the past year, with measurably good results. A num ber of convictions have been secured for unlawful cohabitation, and in some cases picas of guilty have been entered and slight punishment Imposed upon promise by accused that he would not again offend against the law nor advise, counsel, aid or abet in any way Its violation bv others. Tho Utah commissioners express opinions bused upon such information as they are able to obtain, that but few polygamous marriages have taken place in the terri tory during tho hist year. T. ey further report that, while there cannot be found upon tho registration lists of voters the mime of a man actually guilty of polygamy, and while none of that class are holding ollico, yet at the last election in the territory, "all tho olllcers elected except in one county were men who, though not living in thu practice of poljgainay, subscribe to the doctrine of polygamous marriage as a Dhino revelation and a Jaw unto all, higher and more binding upon the con science than any human law, local or national. Thus is tho strange spectacle presented of a community protected by a republican form of government, to which (hey owe allegiance, sustaining by their suffrage a principle and a belief which sets at naught that obligation of absolute obedience to the law of the land which lies at tho foundation of republican Institutions. i Tho strength. tho petputiiity and tho destiny of the nation rest upon our homes established by tho law of (iod, guarded by parental care, regulated by parental authority and sac illlceil by parental love. These uro not the homes of polygamy. The mothers of our land, who riilu tiie nation, us they mould the characters nud guide the ac tions of tluir sons, live according to God's holy ordinances, each pure and happy In the exclusive love of tho father of her children. They shed tho warm light of true womanhood, unperverted ami unpolluted, upon all within their pure ami wholiouio family circle. These are not the cheerless, crushed and un womanly mothers of polygamy. The lathers of our families tiro the best citizens of the repub lic. Tho wife and children are the sources of patriotism and con jugal and parental affection, ami beget the highest devotion to country. The man who, undented by plural marriages, Is surrounded in ills single home with his wife and children, has a stake in the country which Inspires him with respect for its laws and courage for Its defense. These are not tho fathers of polygamous families. There Is no feature ot this practice or tho system which sanctions It which Is not opposed to all that Is ot value lu our Institutions. There should be no relaxation lu the firm but just exe cution of the law now In operation, and I should be glad to approve such further discreet legislation as will rid this coun try ot this blot upon Its fame. Since tho people in our territories uro re inforced by Immigration from other lauds, 1 recommend that a law be passed to prevent the importation of Mormons tutu this country. Mlaoollaneoua mui Conclusive. The iigiicultural interests of our coun try, the message says, demand just rco ogultition ami liberal encouragement. They sustain with certainty ami unfail ing strength our national prosperity ami bear their toll share of the burden ot taxation without complaint. Out of our total annual exports moro than three fourths are the products of agriculture, and ot our total population nearly one halt are exclusively engaged lu that oc cupation, 'ine message recommends that especial attention be paid to this department. 1U furring to prohibitory laws adopted by sou'ral countries repardlng the Im portation of our animals uud ttieir pro ducts, the nioiiago sugeits the Import ance of Mich precautions for the protection of our stock of all kinds against disease as will disarm suspicion of danger and cause the removal of such injurious pro hibition. The president recommends ad -dltlonal legislation on this subject if necessary, and recommends to the con sideration of congress suggestions con tained in the report of the commissioner of agriculture. The closing portion of the message is devoted to tho civil service question. The president says: am Inclined to think that there is no sentiment more general In the minds of the people of our country than the conviction of the cor rectness of the principle upon which the law enforcing civil service reform is based." lie reiterates his former ex pressed views on the subject and says: "I venture to hope that we never shall again be remitted to the system which distributes public positions purely us a reward for partisan service. Doubts may well be entertained whether our government could survive the strain of a continuance of this system which, upon every change of administration, in spires an immense army of claimants tor olllce to lay selge to the patronage of the government, engrossing the time of public olllcers and with their importuni ties spreading abroad tho contagion of their disappointment, and tilling the air with the tumult of their discontent. " Tho message recommends that the sala ries of civil service commissioners be in creased to n sum more nearly com mensurate to their important " duties. The message recommends an appro priation to secure library room for valua ble books and pamphlets belonging to the government, and also an appropria tion for certain District of Columbia in ternal improvements. Tho message concludes as follows: "The present condition of law relating to the succession to the presidency In the event of the death, disability or removal of both the president and vice president is such as to require immediate amend ment. Tills subject has been repeatedly considered by congress, but no result has been reached. Tho recent lamentable death of tho vice president, and the vacancies at the same time In all other olllces, incumbents ci which might immediately exercise the functions of the presidential olllce, have caused public anxiety and a jut demand that a recurrence of such a condition of affairs should not bo permitted. In con clusion, I commend to the wise care and thoughtful attention of congress the needs and wclfiwe of an intelligent nation. To subordinate these to narrow advantages of partisanship or to the aecompll-iiiiicnt of selll'h uIiih is to violate the people's trust and bet raj the people's Interests. I5ut an individual sense of responsibility on the part of each of us, and a stern de termination to pel form our duty well, must give us peace among those who have added lu fnelr day and generation to theglory and prosperity of our beloved land. " Gi:ovi:it Ui.i-.vKt.Asi." To fatten ClirMinao Jtlrd. Nearly a hundred yearn UK" the followim; unique method of fnttt'iiiii',' turkeys was advocated: About three week before the turkeyn uro w uited procure Home wuhliltri. When feeding the turkeys in the niorniiu Inkoeneh one intended for killiuj;, and put a whole walnut down iln throat, which has been rubbed with ut. Tho sluiln miut not bo cracked for fear thai tho rotih miht tear thu throat. The second morniujj uivo each turkey two walnuts prepared the sanio way; the third uinmhiH three; I ho fourth, four; tho llftli, five; tho sixth, six; tho seventh, seven. If they are not fat enough, (jive sjvea for two or throe days, and then reduce the number one each day until tho number is redueod to one, when they will bo fat enough to kill. Walnuts are said to contain a great, quantity of nutritious oil, and to have tho property ( fattening; turkeys. The llesh will lu white and ot lluo flavor. I'riitertlii;; ICuocn In Winter. In tho northern re;lon-, luvdown the rose bushes and cover with evergreen boujjhs; in places where tho common brakocan bo had it is well to collect it, as it makes an excel lent protective covering. Old leaves, of course, can bo used for tho sumo purpose and there is nothing butter, the dillieulty is to Ket enough of thoui. First, head down tho rote shoots and fasten the topi to tho ground with a pes, thondraw soil up about the has as high as possible, and afterwards cover with whatever material is to bo ob tained, koi'pini; it in place by poled of until cient weight to prevent displacement by tho wind wind. Vick's .Magazine for Novem ber. me Coiiltl unit 5ltl. "Conduct. di!" sho called in ti languid voice. 'Yeri'm." "Can you stop thW rah?" "Ycs'in." "Then you may stop it." "Yort'm," ho said, us he ran;; tho boll. "Couduetuli!" shu called, as she luoked out of tho window. "Yen'm." "fan you start this rah?" "Certainly." "Then you may start it. I behove I will rido to tho coimuh. When I roach the eomiuh you may itop 11." A I'aull of latur.Mloii. Kdurution need to bo adapted to the requirements of the Individual; to bo more poi-ioaal in order to bo mora effective. Wu generalise too much everywhere; nowhero so much as in the class room. llecauHo of this lucaiifj education runs so much to multiplication of studies rather than to tlio stimulation ot thought -our educated classes era inert and indiff.'reut. The average college graduate llnds that in thu world about htm there is no place he run till acceptably to himself, and the fault u not so much with thu wicked world u with those who first gavtt direction to hit. educa tion. I. oifuvillo Courier-.loarnal.Q No tniloct'imiiit. "Don't you want to po to tlio better world, '1 outlay?" asked a Sunday scfauul toachsr of her new scholar, "No mum," promptly roplled Ua hank little follow. "And why not. Tommy?" "Oh, when 1 die 1 want to ui wln a fel ler eu real." "Well, my boy, you cmh rent thero." "WVIl, lit thttt mag w sung it Mtkl we'll shins there." "CetUiuly; don't you want to shin tho-itf" "No, mum; I don't want to shin tlr. I get enough ul that hen. I'm u Uoothlaok, mam!" YouUuta Statesman. A Noted LacIIcn' Seminary. In no institution of learning in the coun try is a more complete education given than in tho celebrated Notro Dame, near Baltimore, Maryland. Tho sisters in charge say they find that Ked Star Cout;h Cure successfully removes nil colds and throat troubles anions their pupils. It is absolute ly free from poison, and costs but twenty live cents. Queen Victoria is said to have ased con siderably during tho last ten months. A New Kins on tlio Tlironct "Malaria," as a "popular ailment," has piven placo to a new potentate. If you havo Rheumatism now, tho medi cal wiseacres exclaim "Uric Acid"! If you have frequent headaches, they saccly remark "Uric Acid"! It you havo soltonins of tho brain, they insist that it is "Uric Acid"! If Sciatica or Neuralgia mako life miser able, it is "Uric Acid"! II vour skin breaks out in Boils and Pimples, it is "Uric Acid"! If you havo Abscesses and piles, "Uric Acid" lias set your blood on tiro. If you have dull, languid feelings, back ache, kidney or bladder troubles, gout, gravel, poor blood; aro ill at case, threat ened with paralysis or apoplexy, vertigo; are bilious, dropsical constipated or dys peptic "Uric Acid" is tho key to tlio situ tion, tho canso of all your dilliculticsl Vc do not know as madam Malaria will take kindly to tho Masculiuo Usurper, but ho lias evidently come to otay. "Uric Acid," this Monster, is tho pro duct of tho decomposition death con stantly taking placo within us, and unless ho is every day routed from tho system, though the kidneys, by means of some great blood specific like YVarncr'ssafe cure, which Senator 15. K. Itruco says snatched him from its grasp, there is not the least doubt but that it will utterly ruin tlio strongest human constitution! It is not a young fellow by any means. It hns a long and well-known lino of ancestors. It is undoubtedly tho father of a very great family of diseases, and though it may be tho fashion to nscribo progeny to it that uro not directly its own, there can bo little doubt that if it once gets thoroughly seated in tho human system, it really does intro duce into it most of tlio ailments now, per force of fashion, attributed to its baleful influence. Billiards must bo an easy game, for it's mostly done on cushions. STJtUCK IT AGAIN ! After illnny.llontlih at !'er.lntriit Trials anil I'lttlcnt Waiting, s. II. lluttys uud J. .11. iT:vovell "l'l licit the 1'l'-.1iiiiiioii." Tlioy Hold Onc-IMI'tli ofTlulcct No. 4G, 71) AVIili li Drawn tliu Capital l'rlzo ol $7.',000 In Novem ber Drawing. ItobrrtKon County "J.Nill Under tlio Mrlng to the 'I'lino of Over $31, UUO In Nineteen IlloiitliM. AI t. Olivet (Ky.) Tribune, Nov. 19th, If any doubt existed in this section as to the genuiuo fairness of Tho Louisiana Stato Lottery in making its monthly and semi annual distribution of prizes, that doubt wns dispelled Saturday night. A letter re reived from a Cincinnati merchant, in which tho following postscript was added. "I see your town has again drawn capital prize in Louisiana Lottery," was sullicient to set our "city on tho hills" In a blaze of excitement. An indescribable hunt for ticket-holders ensued. Pocket-hooks, day books, desks, safes, trunks, valises, satch els, everything was rummaged and tickets brought forth. For a time suspense pro vailed, and then tho discovery was niudo that only one list had been received at tho postollico, addressed to S. 11. llettys. Mr. Pcttys and ,1. M. McDowell formed a part nership somo timo ago in tho purchase of tickets, agreeing to divide prollts, if any accrued. Mounting a horse bright and early Sunday morning. McDowell went out three miles m tho country to seo IVttys, and returnintr to town, llettys' ticket and tlio nuuibur'on tlio list (.10,71)1)) corres ponded, doing homo in tho western suburbs of Olivet, they were soon called ou by tho Tribune man, who wished to learn tlio particulars. Examining tlio ticket and list, we assured tho parties that they wero each $7,fiUO richer than they wero previous totlieirlast investment in Tho Louisiana State Lottery. Tho parties went to Maysvillo Monday morning, and deposited their tickot for col lection with l'earce, Wullingford it Co. of tlio Stato National Hank, tho leading bank ers of Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio, nnd in a few days will receive a check for their money. Mr. llettys informed us that ho had been holding a ticket regularly in Tho Louisiana Stato Lottery for four or live years, with tho exception of a few monthly drawings, and ho would have invested in them if ho had had tho money to spate. "I missed last September drawing with much reluc tance," said he, "but 1 had very urgent need ot tho dollar. I always recognized that tho chance of drawing tho capital pri.o was meagre, but felt my chances wero as good as nnvbody else's. My faith is re warded after long years of deprivations by receiving a sullicieacy of money which, ii judiciously invested, will keo;. me hi com fortable circumstances tho remainder of my days." Ho has been a teacher in the pub lioVchools ot ltobertson sinco tho organiza tion ot tho rounty, at a balary ranging from 20 to 5 10 per month. Many aro the congratulations ho is receiving on his streak of good fortune. Sinco Montgomery drew? l.r,000 in April, 188-1, and even since llettys nnd McDowell drew a similar amount in this month's drawing, wo havo received numerous let tors from persons in several States and Territo ries inquiring if tho drawing wero genuine. In every instance wo havo taken pains to answer these tpiestious in tho atlirmative. nnd wo again repeat through tho columns of tho Tribune that these prizes were actu ally drawn by tlio parties mentioned, Montgomery purchased a farm near Mt. Olivet for the use ot bis brothers, paying $:,00() therefor, and bought himself a farm within one mile oi Mt. Sterling, for which ho paid SO.oOO. Minor prizes, amounting in tlio aggregate to 51,000 or over, have been also drawn here, the largest ot these prizos being drawn by M. D. Kills and Nimrod Cumber, tho formers drawing 5150 and the latUr 870. Tho Louisiana Stato Lottery is a square institution, regardless of any doubts which may exist to tlio contrary. An l'm-riiliillo IMItor. A yellow-wicked pirate named Jim Cum mings, who works for Sam Harducro, near Mtllville, came in town last Saturday and while drunk at Cresswell's grocery made some ramarks about our.-elves as we wer passing ui, the street with our youngest daughter. He whs so' red because wc turned him over two weeks ago and his crowd that took the lynclimus out ot old mnn Parson's buggy at the lino Creek meeting. When lie spoke his insultiti(t froth Hnnberry Davis took it up ami in a row which followed lie struck the gorilla a sur bbuler ou the jaw- which knocked him out lMWieatb his wool suspenders and loosened six ot bis teeth. He hud Davis arretted by Marshal Hillings, and the mayor levied a lluo of 8U, which we paid fur him as soon us we learned theiucU. Wo intend to show up th whisky yahoos from the Goost Crtwk neighborhood who try to run thit town on Saturdays, and by tho way Han Davis is a candidate fur town marshal, lit Is the man for the job. Wicomico (Md.) CoubtitutionulUt. Speed of Cnnvn-sbacle nnd Other Duclcs. "I've held my wntch on nbout every kind of wild duck there is," said an old time hunter, "nnd I can tell just about to tlio sixty-third part of a foot how much space any of them can get over in an hour. Tliero is no rail road train on the continent that can hold a candle to tho side of the slowest duck that flies. "The canvasback can distance the whole duck family, if it lays out to do it. When the canvasback is out tak ing thincs easy, enjoying a little run around the block as it were, it jogs through the air at the rate of SO miles an hour. If it has business somewhere and lias to get there, it puts two miles behind it every minute it keeps its wines flappuig and does it as easy as you or I could step into Fritz's and call for beer. If you don't believe it, just fire square at tlio leader in a string of canvas backs that arc out on a business cruiso some timo when you get a chanco. Duckshot travels pretty quick, but if your charges bring down any of these ducks at all, I'll blow you oil to a pair of the best in the market, with trimmings and nil, if it isn't the fifth or sixth ono back from the lead er that drops. If you have the faint est idea that you will bring tho leader down, you must aim at space not less than 10 feet ahead of him. Then ho will run plump against your shot. When ho drops, you will find him a quarter df a mile or so on. "Tho mallard duck is a slow coach. It's all he wants to do to go a mile a minute, but he can do it when neces sary. His ordinary, every day stylo of getting along over the country gets him from place to place at tho rate of 10 miles an hour. Tlio black duck is about an even match for tho mallard, and tho pin tail, widgeon, and wood duck can't do much bet ter. Tlio redhead can sail along with ease and cover his 00 miles an hour as long as lie feels inclined to. Tho blue-winged teal and its handsome cousin," the green-winged teal, could fly side by side for a hun dred miles and make tlio distance neck and neck, for one can fly just as fast as tho other, and to go 100 miles an hour no hard task "for either of them. The gadwale you don't know what a gadwale is, I'll bet! I thought not. Well, its a duck that doesn't get East very often, but is well known in the West. It is something liko a mallard only harder to shoot, because it is not so unsuspecting as the mal lard. The gadwale is something of a daisj' on tho ily, too, and will win money for you every time if you bet it can make its 00 miles an hour. "Maybe you wouldn't think that a gonse could almost double discount tho fastest tram that runs on our railroads, but it can overy time. It has a big, heavy body to carry, but it manages to glide from one feeding ground to another with a suddenness that is a caution to wing-shots. To seo a crowd of hon kers moving along, so high that they seem to besiTnpingtheirbacksagainst tho sky, you would never believe they wero traveling between HO and 100 miles an hour) but they are. Tlio wild goose never has any time to fool away, and his gait is always a business one. "The broadbill duck is tho only wild fowl that can push the canvasback on t lie wing. Let a broadbill and a can vasback each do his best for an hour, and the broadbill would only come out about ten miles behind. A hundred and ten miles can bo done by tho broadbill, and lie.consequently, makes a mark for a shotgun that a green horn wouldn't hit oneo in lio years." New York Mail. The Thieves of Paris. Tlio lowest in the scale is thel'egriot, the apprentice thief who seeks to earn promotion by successful operations in tho lower walks of his "profession." High above him towers tho Haute Pegre, the French slang phrase for "high art," tho ne plus ultra of tlio business, the fashionable thief, attired in patent leather boots and white neck t ie. 1 le is generally yonng.and pos sesses the airs and nu.nners of a per fect gentleman. His sphere of ope rations is to be found in tlio stalls or front seats of the balcony at tho the ater, ami ho never dines at any but tho best restaurantson the Houlevard. The masters of tho Haute Pegre would deem it an insult to be mentioned in the same breath with the Poivriers, whoso sole occupation it is to rob drunken persons or with the lvouliers or ltoulotiers, who plunder tho lurries or railway trucks. Tlio Charrietirs chielly prnctico their devic es on unsuspecting country people, fre quently resort to the confidence trick, the tlireo card trick, etc. Tho pick pockets aro subdivided into Fourlin etirs and Tirailleurs. Tho latterare for tho most pait poorly clad, and find their victims among tlio groups of peo ple stationed round tlio rope dancers, ballad singers or other strolling per formers. The Fourlineur is always respectably dressed, and frequents fashionable thoroughfares and prom enades. Ho is armed with a faneheuv or strong, Hat pair of shears for cut ting oil gold watch guards. Among tho ordinary featsof thisclasswo mav instance the vol a la recontre, which consists in suddenly running up against a gentleman in the street as if by ac cident, and, with incredible rapidity, relieving him of his wntch and chain, which aro at once handed over to an accomplice, who makes oft' with tho booty, whilo tho thief is profuse in ipologie for his carelessness. If the robbery is discovered he indignantly deinands to bo oenrched on tlio spot, and, as of course, tne stolen property is not found on him, the scene usually ends with the victim asking the thief's pardon. The cleverest of these pick pockots, the'lCiiujofthoFourlineurs," Minu Provil, a Parisian by birth, not 'ong since ended his days in the Bagno it llrost. Chronik dor Zoit. Portland, Ore., capitalists are talk ng of starting a SUOiQOO woolen mill U'ero. "WOXDERF UJj ANTIQUITIES' Snmo of tlio Into Dlscovnrlrx Important Ancient KcrortlsUnciirtlieil Now l'rulta of Arclut'olox. , Now York Sun. Mr. Wood, tho archaeologist, whilo speaking recently of tho sculpture and architecture of tho temple of Ephesus, said his discoveries enabled him to provo that Pliny described that fa mous structure in an imidequato and slovenly manner. This striking re mark is oneamongmany illustrations of the fact that archteology is throw ing a light upon the history, society, and arts of tho ancients that is not nflorded by tho fragments of their lit erature that havo reached us. Nearly every month the explorers of ancient remains are making discoveries that contribute facts of wonderful in terest to tho history of tho past. When Professor Mommsen examined, a few months ago, somo fragments of recently discovered papyri bearing up on Itoman history, lie expressed his deep regret that they were "not dis covered thirty years ago, that he might have had tho benefit of their revelations in writing his history." Wliat would not Niebuhr have given could he have known as much about tho topography of Ca'sar's Homo tis any tourist is now able to seo at a glance? Almost day by day the re construction of tho skeleton of the world's ancient metropolis is advanc ing. Only a few months ago tho rich ly" sculptured marble collin of tho lleir of tlio Emperor Galba was un earthed. Ueside tho whitened ashes of this murdered Ca-sar lay tho remains of tho members oi his family, in whoso veins ilowed the blood of Ponipey the Great. Investigators hail with es pecial delight the discovery of objects that aro celebrated in the pages of the ancient writers. Thucydides wrote twenty-three centuries ago that Peis istratos set up in Athens a marble dedicated to the Athenian Apollo in elegant verse, which tlio historian quoted. This very marble was dug up a while ago and the cutting of tlio letters was still perfectly fresh. Embalmed for many centuries in the dry sands of Egypt lay the archives of El Fayouni, whose rich historic treasures, now being deciphered in Vi enna bid fair to prove one of the most wonderful discoveries of tho age. Jt is only within the past four months that we have known that these ancient rec ords give us a consecutive history of Egypt for nearly one thousand years. Among these thirty thousa nd frag ments, preserved unharmed for nine centuries under many feet of sand, written in eleven dilTorent languages on papyrus, parchment, and linen paper, the learned men who aro now bringing them within our reach find great stories of materials illustrating Hgypt's social and political life from tho first to tho tenth century of our era. Professor Karabacck says that several doubt ful facts and dates that havo been (-tumbling blocks to historians of tho Koman empire are settled by these papyri. Here are found graphic and detailed descriptions of tho decay of paganism, of the rise and spread of Christianity, of the inroads of Islam and its ultimate triumph. Here lias been discovered a fragment of Thucy dides of the third century, seven hun dred 'years older than our earliest manuscript of this author. Among these records are quite a number, written in tlio Moronic-Eithiopian characters, the key to which has not ye: been discovered. Of exceptional interest, also, aro the discoveries that Mr. Petrio of the Egypt exploration fund has made this year in the Nile delta. Midway between Alexandria and Cairo, near tho line of railroad, he lias found the site of the once busy and wealthy city ofNaukratis. It was the chief coni mercialcity of the delta, tho home of many thousands of Greeks, whoso potters made it famous tor their glaz ed and painted wares. HeroMr. Petrio has dug down to the first foundations of the city, exposing layer after layer of pottery fragments each forming a separate cliapter in the history of tlio Greek art, and the whole showing the evolution of Ciretk pottery from its beginning in archaic Egyptain forms to tiie perfect work of later ages. Many specimens of these potteries and of t lie in.-cript ions Mr. Pet rio lias found are now on exhibition in London, nnd they attest the historical, artistic, ami literary importance of his dis coveries. Tho vast number of inspections nnd documents brought to light at Ephesus by Mr. Wood aro said to il lumine what Neibuhr remarked was tho most obscuro period in (J rook his tory. So also our own important ex cavations at Assos, tlio labors of French savants, at Delos, the fruitful researches of Dr. SchlieniHnn, tlm treasures found in the buried temples' of Assyria and Babylonia, aro reviving more clearly in the minds of mon tho knowledge of many literatures, varie ties of art, and national histories that was long buried in tho earth. What wonderful inspiration is afforded to tho students of the Biblical literature . by thoacha'ological work now in pro gross inPalesline and far advanced in tlio Euphrates valley. Now firo and force nnd meaning aro addod to tho gfowing words of Isaiah and to.tho cutting sarcasms of Jeremiah, now that we have before us in tlio truthful records which the earth has shielded from destruction, tho very kings and empires whom they eo bitterly de nounced. An Old Joke. Somo yonrs ago Senator Butler, of South CHrolina, wns one of a party of gentlemen at Fargo, Dakota. A coun try doctor eameup to him and asked: "Are von General Butler, of South Carolina? My name is Dr. Shaw." "I am," responded the Senator. The doctor looked him over deliber ately and caretully and then remark ed: "Woll.you don't look like a man who'd kill nigtfors." "No.I don't sup pose Pvokilled as many as you have," replied General Butlor. It wns some time bforo tho doctor saw what tho crowd was laughing at.