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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1887)
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. An Epitome of the Principal Events Now Attracting Public Interest Jiivailed by Xatlve. London. Advices from Sierra Leone s.iy Mint n itive warriors under their chiefs invaded the British setlle- linnlo nt sllmrhrM nnt KlltdtVIIS. till- torturing and killing the native in habitants and taking COO prisoner?. On entering British territory the ma rauders divided into two forces and tried to capture the French factory at Suimot.and the English factory on the Wanow river, both of which were stored, with valuable merchandise. Burnet, the English agent, at the head of native laborers and police, desper ately resisted the savages, who were compelled to letire after three at tempts, leaving many of their num ber dead. They besieged the station, however, for four days, when the gun boat Icarius anived on the scene and landed a forcoof marines, who quickly put the savages to flight. Attaches of the French factory lepulsed the attack upon them unaided. The Prize 'Winners. i AVasiukgtok. the prizes in the vhationnl drill were distributed by Gen. P. II. Sheridan as follows: Company Prizes First, Lomax Ri- lies, $ 5,000 ; second, Company D, First Minnesota, $2,500; third, Belknap Hi flea, of Texas, $1,100; fourth, Na tional Rifles, of Washington, $1,000; fifth, San Antonio, Texas, Rifles, $500. Battalion Prizes First, Washington Light Infantry, $3,000 ; second, Louis ville, Ky., Legion, $ 1,500. Light Artillery Prizes birst, in- diunan lis Liirht Artillery. $1,500 ; sec- jinn ill 1 1 ivti 1 1 if I'l. ii.ri.i, rt: iif . .pi. www. i r" '. i -.... . J;l nnn Zouave Prizes First, Chicago Zou aves, $1,000; second, Memphis Mer chants, $750. Cntoi. Prizes First. Michigan Mili tary Academy, $1,000; second, Mary land Agricultural College, $750. Regimental prize to First Regiment of Virginia, only competing regiment, Vttand of colors and silver and bronze lYiedals to officers. Machine-gun Prizes First, Battery A, Ohio, silver trophy, $750 ; second, .Battery A, Louisville Legion, $700. A'brick building at St. Louis col lapsed, fatally injuring several men. The two Rock Island train robbers have been sentenced to imprisonment for life. A boiler explosion at Canon Largo, N. M.,killed two men and destroyed a sawmill. lUuny men were injured. At Dexter, Mo., six persons were struck by lightning while returning from piayer meeting, ouo of whom i.:n...i was msuiuMj hiiiuu. I The terrible plague of locusts has 'visited the central portion of Spain. Tho insects are so thick that gangs of men have- been sent to clear railroad lines. Crops have been fearfully rav- At Huntington, West Virginia, the boiler on the elevator at the foot of Twentieth street exploded, killing T. II. Reeee, John Kelly and W. M. Albertson, and badly injuring five others. John B. Fassett and wife, both aged GO years, were burned to death in their sawmill at Moretown, Vermont. Mrs. Fassett's body was found near the river, while that of her husband was found in tho ruins of tho mill over which they lived. While Samuel G. Heed, a deserter from the army, was being led from the guardhouse to undergo trial by court martial, he broke away from the i l l 1 rill i cuanis aim ueu. J no guaras sent, a Tvolloy after him, and ho fell mortally history. lie is believed to havo com mitted half a dozen murders. A fey yearn ago ho and another deserter killed a rich Jew named Block, at Matamoras. The murderers secured .10,000. Reed comes of a good fam ily in Montgomery, Ala. A suit for damages has been insti tuted under the civil rights bill against tho Central Railroad, at Atlanta, Ga. The complainant is a white man, Col. J. N. Hale, of Henry county, who is aeirrioved because he is not allowed to 4 rule in tho "Jim Crow" car, as the coach sot aside for negroes is called. He" claimed his ticket allowed him to ride anywhere on tho train. The con ductor did not take this view of tho case and had Colonel Halo ejected from the train, anil for this injury Halo claims $2,500 damages. Twenty-five masked men, bolonging to a band of regulators and known as "Knights of the Switch," rodo up to the house of a family named Lynch, living near Corydon, Indiana, and tak ring Mrs. Lynch and hor daughter 'Mary into the yard stripped them to tho skin and whipped them with switches until they hunted in pain. Mrs. Lynch was about to become a j. mother. It is feared sho will dio from tho ell'ects of the severe whipping. The women boro a bad reputation. Tho "Knights" aro tho samo ones who committed numerous similar outrages somo months ago. Polico Captain Williams, of Now York City, received an infernal nm chino by express and barely escaped tho rosulls of an explosion by drop ping it into a buckot of water, when tho machinery in it began to work. Another dynamite machino, intricate in construction, was given by an un known man to an expressman in Jer sey City to deliver to Inspector Byrnes, but tno cxpresfinin took it to police headquarters, where it was carefully oponod without causing an explosion. Itis not known whothor both machines camo from tho same source or not. OREGON NEWS. Everything of General Interest in a Condensed Form. Malheur county starts out $110,000 in debt. A band of wild horses roam near Heppuer. Allister Lobin was killed by falling down an ore chute at the Connor creek mine. It is learned that parties have londod some claims in Cable Cove, at the head of Powder river, for $70,000. The Catholic church in Heppner re mains in an unfinished condition, owing probably to lack of funds. It is estimated tint the wheat crop of Umatilla county will be diminished 500,000 bushels by wild mustard. John Roten, of Willow Springs, Jackson county, who was recently kicked by a horse, died from his injury. In tho northern portion of Morrow county the cut-worms aro doing great damage to voting timber and fruit i trees and also to vegetables. There are twelvo daily papers pub lished in Oregon, as follows: Port land 4, Salem 2, Albany, McMinnville, Corvallis, Pendleton, Astoria and Ba ker City one. Operations have been begun in the quarry at Tongue Point for tho re moval of 50,000 tons of rock to be Used in the government improvement at Fort Stevens. Mr. W. S. Ladtl, of Portland, has oflfered to donate $10,000 to the Al bany College if an additional sum of $10,000 is raised to make the total en dowment $;io,ooo. Enough money was raised at the dedicatory services of the M. E. church at Philomath, Benton county, to pay the indebtedness on the church and to purchase a bell, carpets and hymn books, and to build a walk in front of the church. A bank of dirt caved on Georgo L. Todd recently while he was mining on Jones creek, Jackson county, covering him so deep that he could not extri cate himself until the water washed the dirt away from his body and legs. He was not much hurt. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, E. B. McElroy, has made arrangements for holding an institute of the first judicial district at Grant's Pass, on July 13, M and 15. This dis trict comprises Lake, Klamath, Jack son and Josephine counties. Governor Pennoyer has appointed N. L. Butler, of Dallas, judgo of Polk county, vice Judge Dempsey, resigned on account of failing eyesight; L. L. MoArthur, of Portland, to be regent of the State university to serve for twelve years; and S. J. Barbour, den tal examiner, to serve for two years, vice D. Siddalls, resigned. The Board of Immigration pub lishes a list of lands for sale in the va rious counties of tho State, giving Lane 28,000 acres, Marion 10,000, Ben ton' 5(5.000, Clackamas -iS,000, and Washington 31,000; while it credits Baker county with only 0,000, Grant 1,250, Crook S50, Gilliam 1,300, Union 3.7S0, Morrow 1,050, and Umatilla !),S20. Len D. Smith, of Helix, has per fected an apparatus by which a person can let himself down a rope from any altitude. It is intended as a patent fire escape and can be mi naged with ease. It is a sort of box inside of which is a pear shaped block of wood aiound which tho ropo slips. The speed of the slide is regulated by two handles which operate brakes on the rope, and the operator can stop or run the machine at pleasure. A largo number of the stock raisers of Wallowa county met in Joseph for the purpose of organizing a stock as sociation. The meeting proceeded to organize by electing the following of li fers : P. O. Sullivan, president; B. Thomas, vice president; A. C. Smith, secretary ; P. S. Courtney and George Ferguson to act with tho president, vice president and secretary as an ex ecutive committee. Already abovo thirty names have been signed to the articles of organization, and there is every prospect that the association will become a systematic and powerful factor for tho interests of the law in that county. Another terrible runaway accident occurred at Jacksonville, in which Win. Eaton, street commissioner, was seriously if not fatally injured. His team ran away, throwing all tho occu pants over an embankment and the wheels passing over Eaton, breaking his jaw bone and crushing his head. It was only a few months ago that ho was thrown from his wagon and had his leg broken, and was just getting well, only to meet with this last one. Tho past few weeks have a largo record for accidonts and runaways. One man and a smull boy were kicked by horsos and died from their injuries, and at least half a dozen persons havo been crippled and badly bruised by runa ways during that timo. Says tho Bandon Recorder: About foity Italian coal miners were brought up by tho stoamer to work in tho Now port mines. Tho Areata, which is ex pected Boon, it is thought will bring up quite a lot more of minors, as it takes at least 100 to run tho mines. Tho company notfied tho old minors sonio days ago to vacate tho houses occupied by them, which will result in much hardship to somo who are out of funds, and particularly will it bo hard on those widow whoso lato husbands had gono up to Nanaimo, only to bo in timo to bo killed in sho explosion tliere. Tho latter aro entitled to somo of tho large fund that has boon raised on tho coast for tho reliof of tho suf ferers from tho great disaster. COAST CULLINGS. Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California. North Y.ikima, W. T., will build a $10,000 school house. County warrants in Lincoln countv. W. T , are worth !)S cents. Coinago at the U. S. mint, San Fran cisco, during May was $1,000,000. A man named Merrill had his nose bitten oil', at Bennington, Idaho, by a horse. N. P. Elerston was drowned in the Columbia, near Oak Point, W. T.. br falling from a boit. The fishing schooner Ounonick has been lost oil' the Alaskan coast and seven persons drowned. Three railroads into tho CuMir d'Alene are quite probable before the snows cover the ground again. In Montana there are at least 500 head of horses quarantined, because they are all'ected with glanders. Lewis Cox and wife have sold 7-10.07 acres of land on tho Copper, W. T., to Milton Aldrich for $20,310. Walla Walla is to have a new city hall, jail, engine house, etc., all com bined in a fine three-story building. An accident recently occurred in the Roslyn (W. T.) coal mines which resulted in the death of M. P. Welch. Pasco, W. T., it is claimed, will be the lay-over place for two train crews when tho Cascade division is finished. At Spokane Falls a suspicion grows that Thomas Fallon, the saloon keeper, did not commit suicide, but was ni'ur deied. Tho cowboys of Yancey's ranch on tho Yellowstone have caught two wild elk and are breaking them for saddle animals. Ninety-three prisoners, now in the penitentiary at Walk Walla, are doing absolutely nothing to pay for then support. Lon Leonard, son of Robert H. Leonard, of Silver City, Idaho, was in stantly killed by tho accidental dis charge of a pistol. Tho attendance at the Sitka, Alaska, training school is very good just now, the number of pupils" being 102, 100 of whom are Indians. Tho winery of Henry Myers, with 1S,000 gallons of wine, was destroyed by fire. The insurance agent attrib utes the cause to lightning. The President has authorized tho allotment of lands in severalty to tljo Indians on tho Muckleshot Reserva tion in Washington Territory. Tho Northern Pacific is building a large wharf at Kelso, W. T., so as to land there with steamboats in case the water is too high to run the transfer at Kalama. A nine year old son of Capt. Mc Coiinell, master of the bark Ruthwell lying at Martinez, Cal., fell overboard and was drowned. The body has not been recovered. Patrick Wall, section foreman at Crittenden station, Arizona, fell into the tank well and was instantly killed, his neck being broken. He fell a dis tance of eighty feet. Spokano Falls is to have an opera house, to bo built by N. G. Willis. The building will he of brick, throe stories high, with stores on the ground floor; estimated cost, $50,000. The Chemical National Bank of New York has sued the notorious Win. Kissane alias Rogers, of California, to recover $20,000 on forged notes which he passed on them thirty-two years ago. Mrs. John Hopkins, wife of a San Francisco policeman, was shot in the head by her husband. Hopkins is I now in jail and will remain there until the condition of his wife becomes either better or worse. A man named Teller was shot by his wife on a ranch at Deep Creek Falls, W. T. There was a little dis pute over a deed to tho farm, and Teller confronted his wife with a shot gun, whereupon tho wife drew a re volver and shot him, the injuries prov ing fatal almost immediately. Di rectly after the catastrophe the wife gave herself up to tho sheriff. John Little, a trunk makr, was drowned at tho foot of Filmoro street, San Francibco. Ho was fishing from the foot of tho wharf and, benu sub ject to fits of dizziness, it is supposed he foil oil' in ono of these. An extraordinary accident, which proved fatal to a man named Samuel Massoy, occurred near Kennett, Cal. Ho was engaged in grading a road along tho nido of a mountain, when a dog playing on tho hillside abovo him loosened a stone woighing about twenty-five pounds, which, falling over a porpendicular bank, struck Massey on tho top of his head, crush ing tho skull. Tho big Cascade tunnol is now about half completed. Some trouble is ex perienced on this sido owing to tho rock swelling after exposure to tho air. This swelling has been so groat in in stances that timbors a foot square havo been broken in two. When tho tun nel was 1,300 feet in and at a point 400 feot from tho summit, slabs of 6lato bearing impressions of leaves and plants wore takon out. Hugh Currant wag sontonced by a Sierra county (Cal.) judgo to servo forty years in the State prison for rob bing a man of eoventyfivo cents. His son has been s ntenced to two years imprisonment for participation in tho crime. Tho severity of tho old man's Eontcnco is owing to the fact that ho led his son into tho sehonio to draw a man into ambuBh and rob him. They succeeded in obtaining only seventy five cents from theirv ictim. FASHIONS OF THE DAY. kucffitlnns for 1 ml m Vtho Oeslro to Wear Xonc Hut Stylish (inrmcnts. Pattern drosses in vnolons are very stylish and generally popular and are in groat variety. Plain skirts will be the rule the com ing season, with very long and full draperies in the overdress. Colored Brussels net still takes the place of white niching for neck and sleeves of dressy cost tunes. Ib'iring-lM)iii' eainors-liair fabric are soft and pliable, and in all the desirable shades, both dark and light. Gauze sashes with colored ends aro worn gracefully arranged with a light evening toilet of China silk. Hoelloss slippers of scarlet velvet are the latest for house wear, and offer great temptations for kicking them off. Palm leaves form a very elegant and favorite design in trimming this season, both in braid and passemen terie. Several small combs aro worn in the hair instead of one good sized one, and they are tucked in apparently at random. All the new spring models have tho effect of being "made-over" costumes, as they are composed of two distinct fabrics. Parisian bu'tnus out-button any but tons seen here for many a day, and aro of the most elegant and elaborate de scription. Skirtings of bayadere stripes aro par ticularly stylish this season. They i-oine in beautiful Persian colors, rich and deep. Frisi) stripes, with plain fabric be tween, are seen in some light shades, and will lighten a plain cloth suit, very successfully. Tho satin striped gossamer silks are to be worn by bridesmaids the coining season, and these silks are found in all delicate shades. The cotton frise cloths, so very stjd ish last season, aro to bo seen again this year among the new goods. Stripes are very stylish. Japanese idols and curios of all sorts aro used for tho ornamenting of um brellas and dog-whips carried by "sporty" young ladies. Silk and wool frise goods, when of rich quality, are very much used in the new models for walking dresses for spring wear. White wolf skins are in demand for rugs and mats for the boudoir, which must now bo as nearly as it. may bo dressed in virgin white. Bonnet pins aro growing more and more elaborate every day, and now aro sot with real stones of value, such as diamonds, pilaris and opals. Geneva point is a lace which will bo much used the coining season on wash able dresses, as it. is very durable and at the same time attractive. Somo of the tinsel ribbons are of tawdry effect when seen in the shops, but make very pretty trimming for light fabrics, such as ehanibry. Ar. P. -Villi and Efjr.t,s. NEW DRESS MATERIALS. Scotch filiislmins, SuttcriiH, Lawns, Muh lins, Ti'iinlt Cloth Mint SI 1 Uh. The cotton dresses being prepared in advance of tho season for summer wear are mostly Scotch ginghams, satteens, lawns and muslins trimmed with em broidery. The striped ginghams aro in great favor, primrose and heliotrope stripes alternating, or else white and lavender stripes; also two shades of blue or pink with brown, or lavender, white and brown, in fact, any combina tion in stripes can bo had, but. lavender is one of the predominating ones. Pret ty whilo ginghams with bars or stripes of color wide apart are shown; a very stylish pattern in white with brown bars, open-striped Hamburg is in stock. Velvet is used for their trimming, forming round shawl collars, and also deep close-lilting cuffs. Plaid and striped satteens are used for tho skirt and drapory, while tho basque is of plain satteon. This is pretty in helio trope grounds with pompadour de signs, or in pale gray, or China blue, with llower designs for tho skirt, and a plain bluo or gray basque. Dark blue and brown remain favorite colors in those dressy cottons. A very popular satteon is a pretty shado of blue, neither dark nor very light, hut a very hand some shade of blue with rose pink rings all over it. Tho satteens aro mostly dark ground work, with light designs whatever the pattern loaves, bunch of roses, buds, carnations, etc. If tho ground work is dark tho pattern is light, oithor in two shado or more. Tennis cloth is a new Scotch mate rial of fine wool, with enough cotton added to keep it from shrinking, yet it is soft, pliant, exceedingly llglit, and comos in all the pretty stripes and new colors of tho Scotch ginghams. Printed challi dresses of lino wool are to ho worn this spring and summer. The cream grounds with gay figures aro mudo with velvet collar, rovers and a border of the velvot on the lower skirt just showing under tho long over skirt. The newest velvets conio in plaids or stripes; the plaids aro Scotch plaids and consequently havo many colors composing thoin, all harmoniz ing nicely. Gray will ho very fashion able tho coming soason, as all tho now goods, oven calicoes, como in gray and drab. Whito drosses will ho worn; they aro mado of nainsook, Victoria lawn, plquo, nun's vailng, canvas cloth and boiirotto wool. Summer silks nro tho Indian silks in colored figures on palo grounds or on whito, or else they aro In solid colors, such as porcelain blue, primro3o pink, or soarlot, with valve t of a darker shade or in contrast for trimming. Detroit Free J'ross. Scientists say an average oyBtor yields ton million heirs. THE BUSY MOTH. An Instructive Hit or .Niiturnl History It fa inting to tin- Itiire Old lllril. You will find a great deal of aluable information about the moth in books; ou will loam that ho possesses inven tive talents of a high order, and jaws which closely resemble a pair of scis sors. But a full realization of the creature's ingenuity can only be had by intimate personal acquaintance. Tho moth is not an intelligent-looking bird. On the contrary, io has a receding brow and chin, a wholly un intclloetual cast of countenance a sort of You-hnvo-wnked-tno-too-soon-lot-ino-sluinber-again look. Hut if you tuck the bod-elothos under his chin and go off on tip-too in order that ho may slumber again, you will ore long tint! yourself a victim of misplaced confidence, llis unprepossessing feat ures, and his habitually weary look are wise provisions of nature to enable him to successfully impose upon the human race. If ho possessed a massive forehead, largo, soulful eyes, 'noath finely pen ciled brows, delicately chiseled feat ures, and a clear, ringing laugh, in connection with his scissor-like jaws, and his wild, eager longing to devour expensive storo-olothos, men would bo on their guard against him. Or, if he were of tho size of a dog or a rabbit, or oven of a kitten, ho could bo chased out of the house or shot, at sight. But he is so small that ho can hide himself anil his whole family under a button; or, if ho feels like it, can lie on the lap hA of your coat anil smile tip into your face, and you will think hint a speck of dust, if you see him at all. Tho moth and the tailor aro bound by some mystic tie. tho precise nature of which has never boon made public. Hut that it exists is beyond question. The two are constantly playing into each other's hands. Tho tailor does (ill in his power to further tho sale of tho particular goods to which the moth is most partial; and the moth, in his turn, loses no opportunity to serve tho tailor, as I shall show. Speak to your tailor about this, and ho will affect, to regard it as a pleasantry. Ho will evince a marked disinclination to con verso on tliOi subject. Question him closely, and he will indulge in evasive repartee or become angry. Nor can you gain any information from tho moth. Let us study the ways of this eccen tric and ingenious fowl. You tiro going to the country. Your wife gets out all vour winter clothes, and all hers, and all the children's, and has them hung on the line in tho backyard, remarking that, sho is so glad those Simpsons aro not at homo to see them and make re marks about them. 'Then she sends tho chambermaid out with a stick to beat. them. Sho works' until her hand is blistered, and until she has burst two of the seams in your dress coat, and knocked most of the stuffing out of your best overcoat. Then your wife tolls you to go round to the drug store and ask the proprietor to send her some thing that ho can recommend as a sure preventive of the inroads of moths. At this tho moths in the garments you have boon thumping you don't, see the creatures, but they are there all tho same oxehange glances and smile cynically. You go to tho druggist, and if he doesn't happen to put up a preparation of his own for the purpose, lie tolls von that there is nothing that, will strike terror to the soul of a moth like cam phor, just, plain, simple, every day gunk-camphor, i on buy four pounds, and trip lightly homeward with. Your wife rejoices greatly at the good tidings of groat joy which you bring. The clothes are all carefully folded and lumps of camphor the size of co- eoanuts distributed among them. I hen they are wrapped in newspapers, for there is a quaint old legend which says that moths will havo nothing to do with those publications; that they hate them with as deadly a hatred as that of n nitieh-eriticiscd tragedian, or a man whose little autobiographical "person al" referring to him as "our genial and whole-souled friend," has boon refused insertion. This fa bio is still believed by most people. You put away your camphorated clothes. There is ono worthless old coat that you leave lying on a chrdr, You go to the country, cast aside dull caro, and abandon yoursolf to enjoy ment, skiui-milk and salt-pork. When you return, two months later, you examine vour winter garments When you undo the packages the smell of camphor is so strong that it nearly knocks you down. Aro there any moths to be seenP Woll, yes, a few About two thousand of assorted sizes on each garment. All summer long they have boon indulging in broad cloth J'ricuuduau and dou-skin a la AV jxtijnol, and similar luxuries. Havo they eaten where it will not show? No; thoy havo studiously avoided all such places. Hut they havo assimilated tho greater part of both lapols of your dres-coat and nearly all tho front of your eighly-iivo dollar overcoat. And tho old coat on tho chair havo thoy injured it muoh? No, thoy have not even glanced at it As tho )Mot sings: "A r'aro old bird is tho festive moth." 7''. A. Steams, in l'uok. i m Mr. Sam Bass, of Ward, Ark., thinks that he has a small fort u no in a colt recently foaled on his farm, with out any forelegs. Otherwise tho little fellow is perfect, and Mr. Bass thinks that ho will soon begin to walk on his two legs, llko any other biped. Already tho owner has takon many quarters for a sight at tho colt, ami has refused ouo hundred dollars for him. N. Y. Sun. SWORDS AND BAYONETS The Severe Test to Which Those Intended for the (lerinnn Army Are Stuhjected. The follow ing information respecting the manufacture and testing of tho weapons supplied to the German army reaches mo from a high authority. As a general rule all the army swords, sa bers and bavonots are made m Govern ment factories. When, however, large numbers are required in a hurry, con tracts are entered into with great man ufacturers at Solingcn and elsewhere. In those cases spocinl provision is made in each contract, enabling Government experts and scientific officers to enter the factories at all times in order to re port upon the quality of the material mil workmanship employed ir. carry ing out the Government onion. Even" weapon, whether manufactured Ay state or private industry, is tested before it receives the Government stamp, which is only intrusted to army officers, each one of whom is hold personally respon sible for the proper testing of the weap ons impressed by his stamp. With re spect to swords and sabers the testing process is the following: Ihe blades are brought in unmounted, examined for length and thickness, then bent ac cording to certain fixed rules; two heavy rijrht and left outs are then struck at a wooden block with tho edge, and two blows with the Hat of each blade. Hav ing passed these tests the blades are stamped and laid aside to be mounted and finished. When mounted thoy aro again tested for solidity of connection between blade and hilt. The testing of bayonets is equally severe and exhaust ive. No inferior material or defective workmanship escapes the cognizance of the inspecting otlicors, who are special ly chosen by the Ministry of War for their knowledge of all the physical and technical details connected with the material and fabrication of steel weap ons. The rejected blades and bayonets are generally sold by the manufacturers to retail linns or to Governments which do not adopt precautionary measures for inspeotingarins. Most.of these weapons aro sent abroad. Tho swords, etc., man ufactured in German Government shops are paid for singly to each workman on delivery, after having boon tested and found perfect. I hose rejected are not paid for. This system compels the workmen to be careful, alid results in the production of a very high percent age of faultless weapons. 1 need scarce ly add that none aro passed which, to the minutest detail, do not fulfil the re quirements of the Government stand- ird. Hcrlm Cor. London lelcgraph. KEYS OF THE BASTILE. Discovery of 1'lvc I'rcclntiH ItellcN In the. City or St. I.iiiiIm. About seven or eight years ago I saw a statement in the Toronto Mail to the effect that the keys of tho celebrated llastllo of Paris, which was destroyed in 1781), wore in the possession of a St. Louis locksmith, he having bought them from a French emigrant named Lechastol. It appears that when the great prison fortress fell, the Governor, the old Marquess tie Launay, was dragged out into the street, his head out. off and stuck on a pike; ono Le chastol secured the koj's, which were carried aloft through tho streets. Those keys remained in this man's family until lS.V.t, when a doseemlant of his camo out to America and found himself in very reduced circumstances in this city, (St. Louis), whero ho sold the (dd relics to Mr. John Hamilton, the locksmith mentioned above. I had often wished to eominimicate with him and learn more about these curiosities, but until to-day I could never find his address, and even here 1 had the great est difficulty in tracing him up. At last I found the "keeper of the keys," an intelligent old gentleman, who gave mo all tho information 1 wanted on tho subject, and who eventually ac cepted the offer I made him to purchase tho keys for myself. Here they are, live in number, the largest looking rusty and old enough to havo been tisi'd by Ungues Aubriot, tho Provost of Paris, who built the Bastilo in 11)01. It is nearly twelve inches long and very heavy. Tho smallest key is of lino workmanship, the pivot holo is shaped like tho aco of clubs or sham rock, and is supposed to have belonged to the treastiro-rooni, for Henry IV. kept his valuables in tho Bastilo. La fayette secured tho key of the main en trance to tho Bastilo the Porto St. Antoiiio and sent it to Washington, ami it is now to bo scon atMt. Vernon. Tho others, which holongod to the in terior part of tho prison, were snatehed up by this Carwin Lechastol, and hold by him as stated; and for tho third timo they havo changed hands to.day. Cor. Kotna and Queries. Concerning Crows. During the month of May and early in June, before tho corn has grown beyond tholr injury, crows do or may do a groat deal of damage. Tho rust of tho year thoy do little harm. In early spring thoy soarch for orysolids and worms, and aro particularly fond of mieo; later, when whito grubs and cutworms come, thoy aro indefatiga ble, and so thoy keep up all summer. Thoy aro fond of grain of all kinds, and, when thoy can do so, will help themselves. If a crow is caught in a trap in a eorn-llold of, say ton or fifteen acres in extent, and whilo still allvo is fastened so that its screams will attract a llock of its follows, that field will hu secure against tho visitation of crows, either for servlco or for damage" throughout tho soason. -r-AmcricM Dairyman. In Arizoiyi fo sling United States with neatness and ilNpatoh" moans to talk with some regard for grammatical correctness.