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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1886)
THE TAltTFF QUESTTOX. Ttie Statesmen at the Capital All Discuss the Matter. Washington spocinl: Tho skirmish lines of the two parties nrowell ndvanccd on tho tariff question. Mr. Morrison nays he will endeavor to bring nphis bill nt tho cnrlieat possible moment. Thnt menus that he will do so as soon ns ho discovers thnt his forces nre nil here. At present thore nra some ubsen.ees. Thero have been n num ber ol private conferences to endeavor to determine upon n, policy, and tho latest conclusion is thnt it is expedient to fores the vote at once. So far ns can be ascer tained from a preliminny survey of the sit uation it cannot bo discovered thnt thera hns been nny chnnge Binco tho voto was taken Inst June. Then Mr. Morrison was unnblc to succeed in his motion for the rea son flint he did not have votes enough, and that a considerable number of his own party declined to support him. The pro tectionist lenders who havo been canvass ing the s'tuntion with a Rood deal of cars during the lust few duys say thov cannot discover thnt there hns been any change in tho views of the protection demo crats. The only difference is thnt two democrats who voted with Kan dall and against Mr. Morrison are dead. The views of tho successor of the other hnve not yet been ascertained. Meanwhile Mr. Randall has not been inactive. He declines to itcccpt nny ' olivo branch," although it is report ed that several h ivo been tendered to him. Ono of tho stories of the day. in fnct, is thnt S-cretary Lamar and ConpreHsniuii Hewitt have undertaken to act as inter mediaries between the two tnriff factions in the democratic party in tho hopo of being able to como to an agreement upon some bill. Mr. Randall has his sundry civil bill and will uso it ns a club to ward off Hie blows of the revenue reformers from mIiii lever quarter they may come. While it is quite certain that an effort will be inado to bring up thotarill question, it still seems probablo that no tariff bill will i ntts. Expressions within the last day or two in the senate, however, on the part of Home loading republicans bavo created thu impression that some of the promi nent republican lenders nro of the opinion that it is expedient to tako somo action upon the tnriff at this sc-sion. Those who h'i been the most conspicuous in nil-vif-.ii' this idea thus far nro Senators Sherman and Dawes. The Hpecch of Mr. Danes, which is expected next week, is n wait I'd vvith a groat deal of interest. His view is that the 5100.000,000 surplus can be mhirod by a reduction of taxntion without injuriously affecting the protective, interests or interfering with tho wnges of linnn labors. Colonel Morrison, referring to tho report that the lions.' would immediately proceed to the consideration of the tariff question, said: "I think it quite possible that tho mibjert will bo under discussion next week. J can't tell whether our people will nil bo -there or not. We expect to cull up tho bill next week. Tho tireliminary situation of the bill is thi: The bill is tho tlrst on the calendar of revenue bills. The motion will be t proceed to go into a rommitteo of tho whole o consider revenue bills, and if that shall pevail the question of consideration can be raised nsninst the first b'll; should the hotmn voto to consider, tho bill will bo before the house. There have been a good ninny wild stories about my intentions nnd tlieprovpects of thebill. Forinstnnce, I hhw it tecent'y stated in one dispatch that (if teen of the demoerats who voted ncninst tho consideration of the bill nt tho Inst session will vote for consideration now. That may be tho fact, but I don't, know any thing about it. Ihave certainly said noth ing of the kind. Viele, of New York, said to me be should vote for the bill, but none of the others, who voted against tho bill, ha vo sa;d u. word to me. , I don't know what anyone intends to do, but 1 shall call the bill up nnd if it cots up, there will bo some talk. Somebody will have to do something before long. Everybody can't sit on the top rail of the fenco nlways; tho fence won't hold thorn. IJotli sides of tho tnriff question will have to define them selves before long. If they don't discuss the question this winter they will hnve to do it the next. I shall do iny best and tho result can t ike care of itself. It is not my funeral. I have already had mine." murdered nr xegroes Horrible llutcjiery of on Olil H'ouinn by Tteo Jllacli Fienils. Uai.timoui:, Mn., Dec 12. The case of sup posed body snatching reported lastnfght turns out to be one of the most brutal murders on record. The ghastly Mounds found upon the body which was brought to thu Maryland university for dissec tion puzzled the physicians and aroused sus picion of foul play, so great that they notilled the police. The police and detectives worked Uj.ou the case all night and to-day. and this afternoon they nrre-ted Anderson'lVir, col ored, the ass'stmit janitor at the Maryland univciblty, merely us a feeler. He became frightened and imparted such Information as to came the nrret to-night of .lolm T. Ilosa nnd Albert Hawkins, both negroes. The three men were placed in different cells at the wettcru station, and late this evening Hops made a full confession of tho whole 'airair to C hief of Police Frye, The fact arc as follows: The woman whose body was brought to the Maryland university on Friday night was Kinily Drown, a respectable white woman Wi years of age, whom dire necessity compelled to take lodgings with a colored 'woman on 1'lg alley. The men who brought the bodv to the university were T. Doss mid Albert" Hawkins, who lived in thu same l.otue w i'.li Kmilv Drown. P.oss met Anderfon Perrv, the university janitor, on the street last Mcudav and told him that he win out of won; and had no money. "Well," fald Perrv, "ynii needn't be out" of money: kill the old white woman uu at vour house and bring the body to thu university and I'll give you f la." At first Hoss was horritlcd at the Idea, but the M.1 was too great a temptation. He was afraid to attempt thu job alone, so he let Hawkins luto the secret, who assented to the plan projosed to deliberately murder a poor lirlpiers old woman for 515. '1 he two fiends watched their chance. The .colored woman who owned the house left home Fridav morning to be gone until Saturday and Friday afternoon Iloss and Hawkins went to Emily Drown's room. Doss struck the woman ou the head Willi a brick and llawkiiisstabtied her. Ross continued to beat her on the head with a brick and Hawkins pounded her chest with his heel until she was dead. They then went to the university, and after telling Perry what they had dou'c, cot a sack from him In which ttiev brought the murdcrc 1 woman's hotly to the umveisltv that night. Perry nt once took the both' to the pickling room w here hu shaved nil tile hair from the woman' uead, washed tho iKxly and so dis figured the fuco and head as to give out the Idea that It had been eaten by rats. The three men. Perry, Joss and Hawkins, are locked up to ulghtat the western station and will be transferred to Jail to-morrow. A costs ickss.ua s' corxereo. New York speciul The Tribune's Ilalelgh (N. C.) speciul anys: "The nir is full of tulk concerning tho criminal conduct o! Con jrssman James V. Held. Hefore eloction Keid was publicly charged with obtaining monoy from trie Mftchevia bank In Winston by using an order of Rockingham county, of which he was treasurer, when in fact the order was issued for the purpose of paying the county debt. It is Known that Held raised $30.000on property not woitbover ?8,000, nnd that he hns pledged his sulary ns congressman until March to more than one person und raised money In this way. lie is reported to have gone to Canada. tiie ixnr.tx tiuiies. Report ef the Committee Appointed to Nego tiate With Ttiem. Washington dispatch: A commission consisting of Dishop II. 1$. Whipple of Min nesota, Colonel John V. Wright of Tennes see, nnd Major C. P. Lnrrabee, of the In dian oflice, appointed under an act of con grees to negotinto with certain tribes nnd hands of Indians in Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho nnd Washington Terri tory, bavo submitted to General Atkins, commissioner of Indian affairs, a report of their operations up to Dec. 1, 18S0. The report says that two separate anil distinct agreements have been effected us the result of their negotiations, one with the Indians of White Earth, Leech Lake, Cass Lake, Lake Winnebigoshlsh nnd White Oak Point reservations and the (lull River bnntl, niiO the other with tho India ns of the Red Lnkj reservations, lty tho terms of the agree ment with the Whito Earth, Lake Winne- bigoshish, and other scattered bands of tho Chippewas, concluded August 11, 1SS0, tho unoccupied lands of the Whito Earth reser vation nro thrown open tor nil of the tribes nnd bands of the Chippewas in Minnesota; the Indians now occupying the reservation, which contains "about 800,000 acres, being first permitted to make selections for them selves. The quantity of land each Indian will lie entitled to receive under the agree ment is as follows: Each head of a family, 100 acres: each single oersoii over 18 years of age, 80 acres; each orphan child under la years of age, oO acies; each oilier per son under 18 years of nge, 80 acres. Tho Indians nro to have the benefit of, and bo subject to the criminal laws of the state in all offences the penalty for w hirh is death or imprisonment in tho state penitentiary. A provision is mude for the support of Indians removing to White Earth, to bo cm tinned until they nro able to take euro of themselves, but in no event to exceed two years. Each head of family and ench male Indian over 18 years of age, when ho becomes a permanent resident from his allotment, will bo provided with a comfort able hewed log bouse, cook-stove, yoke of oxen, a plow, wagon and cow, mi uxe and other implements of husbandry. Each Indian shall have five acres of land broken fur him und be provided with seed for tho first crop. Industrial nnd dint net schools are to bo established for nil children ou the ieervatioti. To enublu tho government to carry out theso designs the Indians cedo n largo tract of land belonging to them north of Leech lake, which is to be sold upon the most udvantngoous terms possible. The agree ment contains several other provisions in tended lo protect persons and property and improve the moral condition of tho Indians. lty the terms of agreement with tho Red Lake band of Chippewas, concluded Aug. 2U, 18S0, about two-thirds of their reser vation, or an area estimated to contain over 2,000,000 acres, is ceiled lo tho United States, to bo sold for tho benefit of tho In dians. J lie portion ceded embraces a vast timber zone, said to bo of almost incalcu lable value. The report says that theso Indiana re quire immediate help, and it wns agreed thattliu limed btates should advance 810,000, to lie expended in tho building of an agency, n saw and grist mill, and in tho erection of comfortable houses and t lie pur chase of certain needful implements. Schools are provided for, ns in case of tho While Earth Indians. As with tho Whito V'arths, tho criminal laws of tho slate of Minnesota are extended over tho reserva tion in certain cases. These agreements aniiot become opcrntivountil they are ap proved by congress. STASIA!!' OA I A AC I) HACK. ICiiirj Leopold Uetiieitii Jllni to Return nt Once. New York special: Whilo lecturing at. Amherst, Muss., Saturday night, Henry M. Stanley received a dispatch from King Leopold summoning him to Itelgium nt once. It is supposed tho king wants to confer with him about tho reported destruction of tho military station at Stanley Falls on the Congo. Stanley eamo at once to this city nnd tabled for fuither information. A reply will decide whether bo will sail immediately or continue his lecturo tour, including England nnd Aus tralia. To a Tribune repot tor lie said Inst night concerning tho trouble nt Stanley Falls: "I cannot speuk definitely, but I could hnzuud n guess. Stanley Falls is 1,-100 miles from tho mouth of thu river. There are fifty black soldiers there under three IJelgian officers. Tho station is can toned on nu island below the falls. Above the falls on an island only tw o miles from the station is a camp of an organized band of cutthroats, li"i0 strong, under an Arab chief, Humid El Mohnmed. The natives have nicknamed him Tippu Tib from a sound drum which ho usually carries with him. l'robubly Tippu Tib, from long im punity, bus concluded that ho is able to descend the Congo it ml wipe out nil evi dences of civilization. Probably nn im prudent nnd over zealous action of somo young foreign ollicer lias provoked n breach of peace and led to the attack on the station by Tippu. Thu gang is splen didly armed with new rifles. They doubt less hail easy work destroyi'igthostation." Stanloy thinks the Arabs will endenvor to travel down the Congo to Stanloy pool, plundering and burning on tho way unless Htopped by fighting or negotiations. It may bo his duty to roturn nnd check them. Tho journey from hero to Stanloy Falls takes two mouths. AS TO MOXTAS'A'S ADMISSIOX. Washington special: Delegate Toole, of Montana, presented to tho house commit tee on railroads to-day additional argu ments favoring tho admission of Montana to tho union. Mr. Toole's argument wns based largely upon tho results of the last election in tho territory, which showed 8, COO moro votes than were cast beloro. indicating nn increase of population of about 17,500. The total vote cast last fall was :J2,300. indicating, Mr. Toolosavs, a population of about 10.", 000, thero being considerable of tho population so far from thu voting centers thnt it is nover heard of in tho elections. Tho committee on ter ritories held a meeting nt the closn of Mr. Toolo's atitlress nnd although the formal vote wns laid over until next Monday the indications are that a majority will report favoring the bill to the house for passage. Chairman Hill holies, it this is done, to gain tho sumo favor for Dakota. Springer, of Illinois, who persistently opposed thead mission of Dakota last winter, has signified this session a willingness to settle upon same plan by which the territories abovo mentioned may be admitted. Ho proposed to-day to the friends of admission on both sides of the housethat enabllngacts should this sesson be pnesed for Washington, Da kota, Montana ami New Mexico, antl ex pressed a willingness to further bills for that purpose, provided all these territories were included. Tho admission of these ter ritories would mill to the Fiftieth congress two republican nnd three democratic mem bers of the bouse, ami, as the legislatures now stand, four republicans and four dem ocrats to the senate. A Jewlth rabbi, nuined Itappaport, claims to have been robbed of M8 by a Mexican po llcemsn t Chihuahua, after being arrested ai a revolutionist. REPORTS COSVERSISO TlE CHOPS. Washington dispatch: Tho crop report at the department of agriculture says' De ember returns on the average f.irtu pi ices sy counties show tlu material reduction as :omparetl in the values of the crops of 1883, in wheat, rye and barley. Corn imulc nn advance nearly equivalent to the percentage of the reduction in quality, and oats aro in sympathy with corn rather than with the small grains used for human food, nntl averages slightly higher in value than last year. The farm value of corn was MH cents a bushel in December last year and it is now II" rents, and 1 cent higliT than tho crop of 1SS4. Tho average for the previous five years was I I." cents, ami for the ten years prior to 18S0 it was 4-.0 cents. The prices in the siirplusstates tire: Ohio, 51."; Indiana, '.1'2; Minois, III; Iowa, DO; Missouri, 111; Kansas, 27: Ne braska, 20. This is nu iuciense over last year of 1 cent in Nebraska. I! in Kansas, Illinois, Indiana nntl Ohio, anil 0 in Iowa and Missouri. The average is 50 tn New York. 47 in Peniisvlvania, nnd -10 in Vir g nia, or 2 cents lower in each than last year. The prices in South Carolina aro Oil; (leor.'iii, (!0; Alabama, oS; Mississippi, ''.', Louisiana, ","; Arkansas, -IP; and Texas (!, or an incrense of 11 cents, due to the disastrous drought. The average pine of December wheat in CO ccnls, a reduction of 8 cents from the average value of the crop, and -1 cents above the price of ISS-t. The average in New York is 80 cents, 12 cents loner than last year. r Last year in Pennsylvania it was 83 ccnls, or 18 cents lower. The reduction is still greater in somo of the western states. The average of Ohio is 71 cents, Michigan. 75t cents; Indiana, "iff cents; Illinois, 00 cents; Wisconsin, 08 cents; Minnesota, 01 cents; Iowa, 00 cents; Missouri, (555 cents; Kansas, oS cents; "Nebraska, i"7 cents; Dakota, o2 cents. There is little decline in the southern states, in some of which pi ices nre higher than last year. The aver age in California is 7.'! cents. The average valuo of oats is 20.S) cents against 5J8.fi cents last December. Rye averages Co. I against 57.9 last yen r. Rnrloy, CI1 cents Inst year; CO. 3 cents this year. Ruckwheat. C t.-l cents, a reduction of 15 cents per bushel. Potatoes, '10 cents, 1 cent higher than last December. Hay averages nearly $8 per ton. SOT THE l.IIiVI.rA'Al. .MII.WAI KIJK, Is., Uee. A letter was read In court this afternoon from Edward Loew, Anarchist (iroitkau's private sieretury and the city editor of his paprr, stating that lie ahme was tespt nsil,) for tin libelous irtl .'es directed auam-t Judge Moan ami that lirottkiiu had mil wii'teu lliem. Judge Sloan listKiti'l.ed the sin riff In tplest of I.oow who liinl l.t'i ii in etiiirt all forenciui and it was as .titained that lie had taken Ihe next train to Chicago. TliC ta.-e aira'nst UioltUau was ad jouriie 1 until next Tuesday. AUCllltlSllOl- EIAH'AI'S OKOER. Cixcinxvti, O., D'c. 12 Archbishop Elder In an interview to-day exp aiued that his re cent order forbldd ng members of the Catholic church to sing in Protest tint ihurches was In nlicdleiiee to the'law s if the ehuiih in which the ireucral public had no concern. Ho added that lie wl-heil stiivc-s to nil Catholic dcslr hvz to sing nt charitable entertainment and public concerts or in ptiv.itu houses, Buying that ids lu'.m.'iiln'on applied solely to those now ringing in Protestant house iif worship. This order w ill go into olteet January 1. DA i. ISO SriCEETKOJWEKS. Four Wavm:, Jm., Dee. 111. llobbers to niirht broke nilii a l.irge boulder the heavy plate glass of the show- window oT Henrv C. Ciiafi-e's jcucliv house. There was fully 10, D!) worth ot ilian oil 's ill the window, but owlnu: to the uluss I reeking 111 a peculiar in -niicr the itibiiers suect piled In getting but me eii.'ie, font lining a set of Miiull diamond e'i lugs with winch they escaped In the tl.irk ucao. The Whaling Industry. During a fit lag trip through old Nantucket recently a friend of the observer dropped Into tho village blacksmith's shop and found In a junk heap there a splendid collection of various kinds of harpoons, spr ats, etc., his choice of which he bought for 2 cents a pound. On tho i afters of an oltl House In the village are still to hi; seen In clunk such memoranda as "Winder Tnrboy, Capt. Smith sailetl July (i, 1801," and "Whaler Tarboy returned Mav 4, lbl'4 fi,(0 J linnets." iNantuci.et and ..New lletlford were world renowned seaivjrts when the whale-fishing industry was at its height. The American iiareliiint'inarlne covered the oceans of the wot Id, and the chase of the whale was the leading maritime industry. At these two ports ihe Milps were built, rigged provisioned, and commissioned, uiul tion tlietr return alter me cruise, wnicn lasted tioin two to four wars, the work of uulo.idl'ig, clarify ing and storing the oil gave cmplov incut to thousands of men, so that t tie ports were busy hives of industry. The" vo ages were made upon a sort of co-op?ratlve plan, all of the crew from the captain of the ship to the cabin boy receiving pciiontnges of the net receipts in lieu of wages. The business de veloped a line nice of American skippers. What killed this great Industry was not the disappearance of tho whales, which art! now mote numerous than ever, hut the discovery ot the petroleum fields of Pennsylvania. Now llediortl still fends out a few whalers, but they arc iiol the old stylo vessels. Many ot them are steam, anil all carry improved ex plosive harpoons, guns for throivlug bomb", etc Many Interesting rell.s of the whale fishing are still to be picked up In Nantucket. Indeed the whole place (s a relic, with 1U great sperm ware-houses standing empty and Its jutting wkarviis, deserted. Aim York Grajiilc. Frauds on tho Indians:. A correspondent of Tin Xem York Timet In discussing the removal of the Chirlcahita Apaches to Florida takes occasion to review some of the most fl igraut eases of land grab bing under the pretext of exchanging reserva tions. He criticises sharpely tho Maxwell grant of the old Navajo reservation at Bo-que Rednndo, and we are dlspoied to think t iat his judgment Is sustained by ihe lacts in the case. He points out that a movlncr cause of the Apache troubles was the change from the fer tile Tulerosa reservation to OJos Calicut, which he rightly styles one of the worst places which could have been selected. He calls at tention to the frauds practiced In the "pur chase" ot lands from tiie Pueblos, Cunls. and oilier Indian', and averts that the Zituls at Nutila Spring! will soon bo homelets unless tho goviriim-nt Interferes. Jt certainly be hooves the department of the Interior to watch such attempts cloiely, and, In particu lar, lo keep an etu upon the property of the J Icarllla Apaches at Fort Stautou. UotUn Advertiier. Tho Turkey. Our goddess of blrdi is tho turkey, As the bald-he ad el eagle Is king, And now when the weather glows murky With politics out of the fling, Other gods we may look at and long for, While our hearts arc with thankfulness puffed; Hut the bird of our hearts Is all ready Au' waltm" poor dear, to get Btufled. Stic York Jiurnai. All the miners In the Seventh Ohio coal dis trict have struck lioeause refused an Increase of 5 cents per ton for inlalug. v 1 r wl. T!ip I. it 'si -,tv mi i Ut(- 1 ! ji moot ' -iitlt''-is v. ii-' J.liint .-it- r-t.-fn i ".. Tli. lab's; st.'o n liio s-ibniar ti tor pedo biiat is a iitixflty. I on.. '.. i.s ki. wbii lias divided bis s'lldi i.s ami i jieriiui'iits nt l'urt llnni'ltim lictiveei subtil iritit' torpedo bo-it nntl tlio Una lit to slu'll-tlirowln pins, prtiposfs t :.) niTunjre ninttor. in Ids utulir w.-dor iiti.it that in fits' it should (-m nny no ,. .ton- ir,. pt'iinniii'iitlv sunk in tviiso -hi, Pallor iater siv ion or li.teen fa tho mn th nvw could escape to to twr.'aeu w'Ci tli ir l'Vo. Tim del a Is ot h s plan lm is nut vot ivmlv to dis i'i"a, but in jxcii'Tal lit' proposes that in CUM In tinds that I In; boat can urn ha raised to tho Mirfnco tho Men w ll dress themselves in some, sort uf n d v er's suit, which uf course) will lie :n litjht and contain ns much air ns pos.si Lie. Then thev wdl open a valve it tiie side of the Isinl. and let tiillw '.t'i water. This tlono tho manhole mi th top uf thu hunt can be opnned, anil t in niun will crawl out ami rise to ihcnr face. Divers say that this is practicalile. fur in divinpc ni the urdinnrv divine; suits it is ucci-i.stiry fur tl vers, tn weight themselves heavily before they cin reach the hot tutu. Tn prove the c Ilia-icy uf his devices Lieut. Zaliuski pro poses to run his boat into a dry-dock, and thero submerge it with the men (himself included), after which he will till it up anil enmo tn the surface. That the men might save their lives even if in hat I hi the boat should ho sunk is ap parent, provided the. new devices should work as they aro expected tn do. Hut thecli of valuo of the proposed improve ment is the influence it will have on tho crew in working their vessel. Keeling conlident of escape in case of accident, I hey will have lesd hesitation in m:ik ingexpufiments. and in thnu of battle would attack tho enemy with greater lira very. L ent. Zaliuski thinks, however, that the itilliii'tice of the Mthmarinc torpedo boat, in its present statu of develop ment, in time of hatll.i litis been greatly o crcstinititcd. Tho speed of thu boar, with the best known appliances is very I'm ted, thrco or four Knots buing till that t ho best bouts can continuously attain. Even with a Hpecd of leu nr twelve knots their ollielcncy would not ho so great as tho uninformed believe it. would be. Once under water, es pecially in .such water as Hows in New York harbor, the navigators are m ilnrlsiioss compared with which I lie l.ltitkti.-t of fogs on the darkest night tit sen is daylight. Jt is easy work to light the interior of thu boat with tho electric light, but that dues not aid Hie pilot in Ihiduig the enemy; in fact, it mi:;lii hurt the chances of linding her, for pilols do not want lights in the pilot bouse Only such lights as would enable the men to work the machinery would ho wauled. The power of out Hide electric lights, to light, up the water atviuu I tiie ii.iat, and thus enable hoi' to tinil tin enemy, is .so limited us to bo ftenrco worth mentioning. Resides a light powerful enough to illuminate water would disclose the location of the submarine boat to lite enemy, and thus enable him to dmpadynamito bomb on it anil entirely dcsiroy'it. The sub marine boat must get the bearings of the enemy before it goes below tho water. If Ihe cnom . happeno I to In at anchor, .sunintliing nut likely to hap pen in the cti.se uf alleel liloctiding New York, for instiiiice, the submarine boat might work ivith fiir hiicccs.s. Tito tide. hoM'uver. m ght upset the ealeu latiutis by drilling the boat nut uf its course, particularly as the tidal cur rents usually run in une direction ou the .surface whdu running in the oppo site below. To lint! the exact position of ti body, at must lilix It'll large, even when at rest in slack M'ator, would be a matter of no little dilii.aill y for the submarine navigators, who would hnve to take their departure from a point several miles distant. It Mould rmjuire several trips to tho surface tn renew liieir bear ings, and at such limes they would have to rely on the smallest uf the pilnl-hoiiso tn escapj observation. In case the enemy was steaming about. especially If the ship had a modern speed of way eighteen knots an hour, the submarine boat would bo of no more value than n torpedo sit anchor, if the submarine navigators proposed to blow the enemy nut of water by at taching a torpedo lo his keel. Lieut. Zalinskt thinks that the sub marine boat must use some sort of a torpedo throwing gun like tho ones used by tho ordinary torpedo-boat. Very naturally, he thinks that the pneumatic gun which ho litis developed will answer the purpose, throwing, us it does, an immense charge of tho ex plosive for two miles through tho air better than the Whitehead method with a range of bix hundred yards. Jlesides, thu recent British experiments in Ports mouth harbor ou a condemned iron clad showed that a sleol netting at thifty feet from the .ship eU'ectnally stopped a Whitehead torpedo. It is apparent that thu chief value of u sub marine boat is in its ability to sink un observed within easy range of tho enemy, and then rise to the surface and discharge tho projectile. Jt can then sink out of sight, it necessary, and etthcr escape or proparo for another attack. The pneumatic gun which Ideut, Zaliuski i.s building for tho now torpedo cruiser ordered by the navy depart ment will throw a project le with four hundred pounds of uitro-gelatiuo in it. Tho contract calls for a iM-o-hundrod-pound projectile, but the larger one is furnished in order to more eU'ectnally demonstrate tho ohToioncy of this method of discharging large quantitlcd of high explosives. Now York Sun. i - mm ii Not Cliungt'd. "Well, it scorns good to sco you after ten years, llrowif!" Do I ehango much?" "Not at all look just tho samo as you tlid at school." I fool the same, too. You remem ber how I was nlwayn in trouble, and getting licked?" Yes." Well, It followod mo through life." Indeed!" "Yusi I was always strapped then, and I'm always strapped now'" htewjo Ledger. Ihe Cunt onj piy. Tho understanding of the trade In orn seems to be undergoing a radical iiangc in regard tn tho (pii'stiou of apply. There was a considerable c. itemeut early in the summer, due to 3e belief that the crop of this year 'ould prove to be a very short one," but gradually (l ed out with au increasing jiivietion" that the .surplus from the ist crop Mould be amply sullicient lo Hike amends for the deliuiency. Now ie sculimcut is again, changing. The ispos'ttiun is to thiulMhn crop haalsecn otisidcrably overestimated by thu Mat ilitians, and that it is really poor all ver the corn belt evcept in" Ohio and nditmti, which states have-been ship ing very freely to tho oast for the last sv weeks. The receipts at this point were light, r i tli very little prospect of tin increase t present prices. The ligures now lie red are not attractive tn the holders l the country, especially not to those Mioctin obtain .several cents' per bushel lore by selling to feeders near home r farther west thaiii by .send ng it ither. The surplus of Kansas and resterii Nebraska is going to Texas, nil the cattle ranches of the west, un stttilly large quantit cs being wanted 3 supplement the lack of grass feed wing to the dryness of thu summer riison. It is nnw reported: that a buv r's option during November M'tis purc hased cm vast tptautitic.s uf corn in ribs aln ig the western rniuls. and that 3 must cases tho buyers- have elected a lake the corn, whiuh accounts for lie etra demand w.IuomoiI in this larket M'ithin the hi.st few days. IVo loMbn have surveyed the situation nth cNper.cneed eyes opre.ss the opin )ii that the fntir states which have in thcr wars stood at thu he.nl in regard o corn-raising will be found this yt-.w o have a little more than enough for ome needs. No one can deny that tho ecetit weather litis been favorable lo lie marketing of corn freely, or that rliat there is of it is generally cured ato line condition for the season. If nlders wanted to sell ul the prices llcred they have not kicked, the uppor unity. It will probably he found that tho ountrv as a whole litis euo lgh corn to ido it over till the time comes round or gathering aunt her crop. If Ihe hitct tivctnienl estimate is entisiderotl too irge by nsmucli as -."it'.bO l.oot) bushels, . will M. 11 leave a quantity raised this cur eijiial to that which used to be al .iwetl in the estimate for the current ousumption of the United .Mates dtir ig twelve months, with the surplus "oni KHS5 as a reserve fund to he drawn pun for extras, lint those extras :tp ear tn be much larger this- year than ie average of past seasons. Thero- tiro jure live stock to be fed, and all the .lore as ti great many cattle and hogs re kept back on account of the strike, rlr.lo they were already fattened up lo stage from which they would rapidly cteriorato unless kept M-ell supplied it Ii ('(M il. The tMtis ties uf tho(tie.-tion rnuld there appear tn lie evenly bal nced around the conclusion that: tho ountry has corn enough und -very ttle to spare. Whether or not it i.s .'nrlh while, under such cond'tions. for olders to keep ou selling it tit pries Much pay little more than the freight o the .shipper i.s for the parlies con erned to decide hicttijtt 'J'riliiine. What a llunse Will Cost. There is tin old saying that fools mild houses ami wise men live in hem. Whenever a man of moderate ueaus decided to have ti home of his wn, planned to meet individual re juireniont.s apd fashioned according to is fasts, lie is reminded both by cau iotts and by cnv.nus neighbors of this isagreeable proverb. If he turns to he pages of any standard "Croat '"ruths by ("resit Authors." he will hid recorded such warnings as this: Never build a house after you are l.'i; ave live years' income in baud 'before on lay a "brick, and alwas calculate ho expense at double the estimate." lis acquaintance, giving li in (he ben dit of their om'h experience in bulbi ng, will assure him that the actual nst invariably overlaps the origiual cs imatos. If ti candid architect lie con itlted ho will confess that nobody can ell what a house will cost until it is milt, since there are unknown quan ities in tho problem that cannot bo ns ertaincd except by actual experiment. Shrewd contractors will even go so far is to say that tho same house cannot hi built u second time for tho samo iioiko'. Indeed, so numerous aro tho yarning.1?, and so denso is the uncor ninty respecting the final cost, that he prudent householder is not to ho ilaniod if. after a careful survey of the Jeld. ho (leedes against taking the risk f playing the fool for the bcnelit of ,ho wise man who may ultimately r.tic ocd to his caslloin the av.A'cw York Tribune. ni. i t nm IMoriium Wives. Ono of our neighbors, a wealthy and nlluential representative of "Mormon sin, is a gontloinan who always has an tye to business, even in his love allairs. !t m ils his custom for years to hiro an ittractivo servant girl, keep her until ler wages amounted lo SHI) or $10. und ;Iioii make her an offer of his hand and icarl in lieu of a cash payment, if the accepted sho remained in the kitch in doing the work of tho family, witli ut wages, until her childron becomo iotiblcsonio, when she was turned out o make room for u fresh importation. have seen ono of tho wives of this nan, ono of the women who aro "high ly honored and tenderly cared for," 5tit in the Hold on a hitter Novombor lav husking corn on shares to cam a Jttlo food for her children. Homo years ago J hired tho second wife of a farmer near by to assist mo .n household duties. Sho was a very tnpablo woman, an excellent houso- neper, and could have commanded a ood salary anywhere hi that capacity. ho iicjl to go home at night, after Suishlng her day's work, walk to town, . distance of four miles, to do various minds for her husband, then got up in rjo morning and feed and wator his rattle and horses before coming over to jet thu breakfast for our family. Tho insbaud always collected her wages, Mid ho soon told :no 1 must pay him looro than I had done for her bvrvlces. llosCou Bulletin. Al i .... . i , ,n ... . The quest n i of nriivi.igu and d voren is r.ga n oceu: ing t.ie attuitto.i of man.- of the Protestant d nntnin i'ioin. Of these deiioiii nut mis I'm ISpisen p.iliaus u'lpuiw t ) Inivo tin sir eteit iiiarr.nge law, but thov are not. satislied with it, and in their recent g'tieral cou vent'on an effort wn mailt) to pass a more .str'ng Mil c.'inoii on the subje t, but the cUnrl ft led for want of t me. It 's Mid, hoivi!or, by ninny Kpiseo paliaiis luat soni" uf their clergy ignnro the provisions of the present law", and while this state of allairs is allowed to exist they think it would be useless to enact any inure laws. Tho Congrega tional. sts are also anxious to do some th ng in regard to this matter, but they don t appear to know just what to do. The same is true of the Presbyterians and other sects wh eh have passed reso lutions cmphasi.iii'' the need of doing .something. On the one hand it is not deemed proper, even .f t were possible to take the llomtiu (.'ntholic ground in regard to marriage and divorce, although it is admitted by many Protestants that this would bo tho' strong. -st possible "round to take. And on the other hand it is not deemed' safe lo take the ground that in ut age is pureh a civil contract; for the logical outcome uf Mich a view is just the very ev 1 which it is desired tn entree:, Protestes'aut'.sm is compelled by the logic of its pout nu In take a middle course. The church, it is held, should throw the .safeguards of religion around marriage, but the state may be. pur nutted lo regulate it. It i.s a holy rite, but it is also a civil contract. It should indeed be sulumui.cd by the church, but it may bo dissolved by the state. This view of ninrriaee, however, doi'.s not seem lo have worked as M'oll as its originators hoped and now the tenden cy apparently i:t tn make tho state laws in regard tn marriage as stringent ns the laws of thu church ought to be. A. national divorce law is talked of in .some quarters and the clergy nre asko I tn use their inllueuc In have the ques tion brought up in various state legislatures-. In the meantime the lloni in Catholic church professes to lollow lit erally the divine law on this sub) vt. and is calmly iud'll'erout to the exc ted discussion that i.s go.ng on in regard lo it. A liitjip Wcddiii'r. Down Ihe room M'su n large tabic, covered with coarse cloth, perhaps, if for grand folks, but not much more likely in its native bareness. Upon tho arrival of the wedding party the feast began. Moiled meal was brought in si large dish, or just as likely p. led upon the table till il was full. On the top of this came dirty bowls full of grease. Hound this savory and appetizing repast gathered the hungry Lapps, ravenous as wolves, and fell upon it with appe tites that would tiston sh any western dweller in a culttuod Intnl. They came to eat, and they did cat! Lumps of meat were seized by nature's forks - -lingers its black as coals, innocent of M il ter for unknown periods, clad in anc out grime plunged into thu grease, and then, all luscious and dripping, convey ed to the cavernous mouths of the as sembled. After this came the dessert reindeer cheese cut into pieces, dipped into the grease, and eaten with a horn spoon or lingers. Huge draughts of corn brandy washed till down. Ilight dili gently was the bottle plied, with ever ami "anon a quail' from the grease bowl lo keep the brandy from taking too much effect, the grease leaving its. traces on the drinkers' faces, till at last they shone in their fatty coating. Now began the "real wedding joy" -guests singing and shouting witli all the vigor of powerful and healthy lungs. Songs, were iinprovlsod, gen erally senseless, because the improvi sor was so. .Soon some of the guests tell asleep on the table, and were shov eled on to the seats or under them against the walls by such of their com rades as worn able to take part in the next proceedings, i. c. dancing, if such il should bo called, Afresh rosu a tempest of shouting and jumping it wild scene, wo are told, our ears can not conceive. Fiddlers serapod and scraped, and wore encouraged to scrape yot loudor, while some Lapp, more musical than tho others boat tiniu with a pothook ou the kettle bottom. Soon lite floor was dotted with tho forms of those who worn too drunk to jump any more, and there thoy lay snoring, whilo thoir comrades hopped and roared over thnm till thoy,, too, fell amid the slain. Tho gonoral ending was that tho whole party slopt togeth er on tho lloor. Notes and Queries. Tho Latest Invention. Tho latest Invention' is said to bo a machine that sows on. buttons, and will perform tho work of four or livo girls. It Is a very honest machine, putting twclvo stitches in. every button, thus giving each an equal chanco. The news of this invention, will probably be wel comed as glad tidings by husbands, wlio aro in tho habit ofsowlng on thoir own buttons. It lias always boon ar gued that ono reason why a man should marry, if for nothing olse, is to have somu ono to sow on buttons for him. This, however, like a great many other ideas that originated with tho anoieuts, is a mistaken ono and is fast going out of cxistauco. Tho married man of to day, on losing a button, calls tho atten tion of Ids wife to the fact, and then, not finding a new button in its place, tries to cause a blush of shame to man tle her cheek, by using a safety pin or a na.l to hold up his pants with. For some roasou or other sho doesn't shamo worth a cent and tlmo goes on, as timo is wont to do, till hu tinds his pants completely buttonless, and that he is carrying onough nails about Ida person to build a good sized barn with. Finally In a moment of dosperat'on lie grabs tho button box, and after inoro or luss swearing, sows on tho buttons hlm holf. Tho Inventor of tills great labor saving machine should be made au honorary moinbor of overy male soorot society in tho country, and nt his death a monument should hu erected to It s memory that will eel pso anything that lias over been attempted iu the monu iauut lino. 2'eeA's bun.