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OREGON SCOUT JONES & CHANCEY, FnMiahen. UNION, OKKCOS. FASHIONS IN FURNITURE. TheyCliiMiKO with lis Much Frvurncy ns tlra Stylr In Hutu mid JlonnctB. ' It is probable that if it were ns easy to discard an old suit of furhituro and procure a now one, as it is for thoso -who have the means to order a new dress, our houses would never wear a liomeliko or familiar look, for no sooner would wo become acquainted with tho "vagaries of tho chairs, bureaus and other articles of furniture, and each angle and protuberanco bo so well Known that they could bo avoided in tho dark, than we would have to ac custom ourselves to a new arrange ment and man out a new chart. As it is, a suit of furniture which five or six years' ago held a leading position in fashionable circles, is to-day looked upon as out of date. It requires about five years for tho accomplishment of a complete evolution in style. J his, perhaps, is a very judicious arrange ment, for the vomit: couple that have, their house newly furnished when tlioy set out together may have their homo refurnished in tho latest stvle when the iifth anniversary, known as tho wooden wedding, is ecle brated. What will they do when tho tonth anniversary arrives? By that time they should have money enough to refurnish their house if they wish to do so, or sense enough to care nothing for tho rules of fashion. Five vent's ago about tho only wood used in tho manufacture of furniture was "black walnut. Occassional!' n 1edroom suit in ash or white wood was discovered, but such an object at tracted as much attention as tho wear or of an India helmet would in a walk down Hroadway. To-day black, wal nut still holds a place in society, but it lias been outranked by mahogany, oak and chorry. Bedroom suits made of dark cross-grained mahogany are tho chief attraction in furniture salesrooms Unlay, and articles of furniture made of this wood command a higher price than the same designs made up in oilier lashionaolo woods, ihero are many purchasers, howover, who prefer the honest, sturdy-looking oak, or tho hriglit and warm looking cherry. Wahogany was tho most fashionablo of all woods about a half century ago, and no doubt there aro stowed away in cellars or attics, or still doing servico in tho second or third generation, many a bedstead, bureau or parlor suit which is just sulliciontly antique to moot tho prevailing demand. Mahogany will talco a high polish and will weal1 "for ever." as the dealers say, as it is very tough. AVo know of 0110 suit of furni ture made of this wood which has suc cessfully withstood the wear and tear of two generations of boys and has not as many scars to-day as the boys them selves. Oak furniture does not take as "brilliant a polish as mahogany, black walnut or cherry, but it lias a business liko look and is preferred by many bo causo it has a more genuine antique appearance This wood is but little used in tho manufacture of bedroom suits, but for dinner chairs, desks, hat trees and chiffoniers it is preferred. Thoro aro marked shades in oak, and in the manufacture of desks especially a very pretty eil'eet is produced by tho judicious combination of theso shades. Cherry is used for almost every purpose- and is selected generally in tho manufacture of Sleep Hollow and other more or less comfortable work ing chairs and easy chairs. -V. Y. Mail ami Exjircss. " A Pickwickian Inn. Tho Saracon's Head Inn at Towces- tcr, described in "Pickwick," still ex ists in good order, though it.s name lias "boon changed. Internally, the kitchen, tho scene of tho contllet between tho rival editors of tho Katanswill Gazette and Katanswill Independent, has now hocomo tho "smoking-room," the only change being that tho broad lireplaco and open chimney, with seats in each corner, has disappeared and a modern grato has been substituted. Oji'o wlvo lias lately visited the place says: "Tho two half-life-size statues of Venus and Apollo still till their niches over tho great doors, as they have done for moro than a century past, and wore tho sub ject, within my memory, of a conver sation between a new hostess and tho 'hereditary postboy,' which was worthy o! Sain "Weller, and would probably havo amused Dickens had it occurred icforo jiis visit. 'Whoso likenesses aro tli6so?' was tho lady's question. 'Well, ma'am, tlioy call 'em Junus and Wenus; I don't know who they were, but you may road about 'em in tho lllblo.' " I'hiladcljihia llccord. j Contagion of Anthrax. Animals dying of anthrax splenic fever tiro liable to communicate tho disease to men who handle their car cases, even though it bo for immediate "burial. The privy council of (Iroat Uritlan have, therefore, sent notice to local authorities throughout tho king dom, anil caused it to be widely pul Jisbed, that this danger exists, and that such carcasses should not bo skinned, hut covered with uulimo and burled at least six feet deep, Persons who have any abrasions of tho skin upon their hands or anus should not touch them or any part of them. Tho blood, stable litter, foddor, ma nure, etc., should bo carefully removed and burned, and the stnlU, of course, thoroughly disinfected. American Vairtjmau. LIMEKILN CLUB. IJrotlier CJanlnrr 1'uiiUIicn n. AVrrtch Founit Uullty of .Stealing nn Umbrella. Previous to tho opening of tho meet ing Brother Gardner, Sir Isaac Wal polo and Waydown Beboc were seen In earnest conversation around the prei dent's desk, and when tho triangle sounded it was pretty well understood throughout tho room that some mat tcr of gravest importance was on the tapis. One individual seemed to feel even more than a lively curiosity This was Brother Process Davis, member of about six months' stundiiu Ho jammed himself into a corner and tried to appear as small as possible and when inquiries were made about his sore heel ho let on that he had an awful toothache and didn't Want to talk. Scarcely had tho meeting open cd when ho was called to appear at the president s desk. I ho look of terror which camo to his face as lie rose up proved that he regarded the matter in a very serious light, and ho shuilled ill tho long aislo liko one going to an exe cution. "Bruddcr Process Davis," said the president in very solemn tones, "atone of our weekly media's last fall, an' as wo war about to disperse to our homes Sir Isaac Walpole diskibered dat hi; umbreller was missin'. It was an um- breller wid a white bono handle, an' it was an heirloom in his fam'ly. His gran'fadder had walked under dat um breller, an' it had kept do rain ofl' his fadder, an' he himself had owned it fur nigh upon thirty y'ars. It had been left in kyars an' on steamboats an' on de front doah stops, an' nobody had took it. He had hruiijr it down heah two huudred times, an' it Avar' alius waitin fur him when ho got read to go home At las' some one stole it some human hyena laid his desecrated paws on dat sacred reliek an bore it oil'. e made ebyry effort to find it, but do hunt wa in vain. Den we settled down to wait for Justice. Sho nebbor sleeps. She sometimes doos a good deal of foolin' around, an' dar am sometimes a mighty long wait between do aekts, but she nobber sloops. Sho didn't go to sloop dis time. Sho war lookin fur you, an' yesterday she obcrhaulod you. You had Sir Isaac s umbreller under ycr arm. llcah am de libin' proof to con vict you! You aro do hyena who stole it, an' you aro now befo' do bar of Justico! Prisoner, how do you plead?" Process stood there with his mouth open and could not reply. The sudden shock seemed -o havo paralyzed him. His guilt was as plain as the hind but tons on a coat. "Do pusson who will steal an um breller under any circumstances," con tinued tho president, "desarves conditio punishment. In dis case you stole it from a fellow-member of a society, an' you added do sin of lyin' to your crime. lour name will bo crossed oil" our books, an' you will enter dis hall no mo"forolcr. Do carryin' out of de rest of do sentence am left to Giveadam Jones an' Hercules Johnson." Tho prisoner was removed to the ante-room, and about a minute later Paradise Hall was shaken from roof to cellar. This was followed by a bump ing sound on tho stairs leading to the alloy, and this again by tho sound of fee' making a rush for life. Brother Process Davis will doubtless remain in Canada during tho rest of his life. Detroit Free Press. HIGH-LIFE NUPTIALS. A l'rotty IMitorliil Sniil-OlV Contlriuoil front tin) Muilily Turks ItiiKti'. Bill Shanks and Lib Hipper waltzed into tho ollleo of our genial justico of the peace yesterday, and were made ono man in about tlirco shakes of a load sheop's tail. Lib and Bill are leading society people here, and they have scads of friends who join us in wishing that their married life may be all lirvo and molasses. Bill is a royal good boy, and them that knows Lib knows that they ain't no discount on her. She is the most accomplished young lady in Muddy Porks, uud one that any man could bo proud of. She dllcd two bears with a club, one day last spring, and can slap over three acres of prairie-sod with a yoke of oxen any day. Sho can split moro rails in a day than any other young lady in theso parts, and there ain t many men that beat her on cord-wood. Lib is a dandy whoa it comes to fancy work of this kind. The blooming young couple left yes terday on foot for Kansas City, on a lit tle wedding-tour and honeymoon-speculation. They will bo at home in their own dug-out after the 10th 'Pid-llits. Answers to Correspondents. Maggie. 1. No; a yellow satin is not suitable for street wear unless you have it dyed. You should always ring the door-bell when visiting, and not use a pass-key. -I. 11. C lrim you- velvet skirt with flounces of white Hamburg edg ing, and slit the waist up the back, so it can bo buttoned in front. Daisy. White- chalk is good for veil elbows; also stove polish. If wo were you, wo would have tho graduating Iross made with sleeves to come to the wrist. This will prevent .od elbows attracting attention. Clara It. 1. No; soal-skin sacquos will not be worn all summer. 2. Sash- rlbbou should bo a yard wido, and all wool. 3. Wo do not answer imperti nent questions by mail. Life, i Tho f Armors of South Carolina havo concluded that tlioy can no longer ",iiso vice witli protit. It is very dilll ult to obtain reliable labor for tho loo fields. During tho last few yours several othor cereals have eomo Into use in the place of rice, ami tho de mand for it has increased. Cincinnati Times. AN ENORMOUS GRANT. Over Seven Million Acre of Northwestern I.uii(l Once Owned by One Mnn. Searching for other records in tho ofllco of the Register of Deeds of Craw ford County, Wisconsin, I came across tho following entries, which may be of interest ,to many of your readers. Transcript of a deed given to Jonathan Carver in 17G7: "To Jonathan Carver, chief of tho most mighty and potent George tho Third, King of tho Knglisli and other nations; the fame of whose courageous warriours has reached our oars and has been more fully told us by our good brother, Jonathan, aforesaid, whom we rejoice to see among us and bring us good news from his country; we, the Chiefs of tho Naudowissies, who have hereunto set our hands and seals, and by these presents for ourselves and heirs forever, in rothrn for tho many presents and good services done by tho said Jonathan to ourselves and allies, give, grant and convey to him, tho said Jonathan, and his heirs and assigns forever, tho whole of a certain tract or territory of land, bounded as follows to-wit: From tho Falls of St. Anthony running on tho east bank of the Missis sippi, nearly southeast as far as the south end of Lake Pepin, where the Chippeway Hivcr joins tho Mississippi, mil from thenco eastward live days travel, accounting twenty English miles per day, and thence north six days' travel at twenty Knglish miles per day, and from thence to the Falls of St. Anthony in a straight line. We do, for ourselves, our heirs and assigns for ever, give unto tho said Jonathan, his heirs and assigns forever, all the said land, with all the trees, rocks and rivers therein, reserv ing to ourselves and heirs the sole liberty of hunting and fishing on the land not planted or improved by said Jonathan, his heirs or assigns; to which we have 'allixed our respective seals at the Great Cave, May the 1st, One Thou sand Seven Hundred and Sixty-seven. "Ilawnopawjatin - Turtle his X mark. "Otchtongoomlislieaw-Snakc his X mark. "Said deed is in the records of the Phintation-Olllco, White. Hall. Lon don." Leavens Carver, one of the descend ants of Jonathan Carver, purchased the right, title and interest of some of trie other heirs prior to l&'i". The 10th of July, 1SI17, a deed was recorded in Crawford County, whereby tho said Leavens C arver sold the one-half of all his right, title and interest "to James Baxter, of Staustead, in the Province of Iowor Canada, Member of his Britannic Majesty's Legislative Council for tho Province of Lower Canada, in British North America, and Wright Chamberlain, Kq., Lieutenant Colonel of Stansted County militia." Consideration for the deed was live hundred thousand dollars. By act r,f Congress, approved tho 17th day of April, 1828, the Carver claim was ac knowledged and continued. It seems almost incredible that less than ono hundred and twenty years igo tho vast area covered by tho Carver deed was transferred for such paltry considerations. Three largo cities are now in this territory. How many of the inhabitants of St. Paul, Chippewa Falls and Kau Clairo know in whom was vested the first title to all their real estate after-the Indian title was ex tinguished. Even the Pillsburv mills at Minne apolis must stand upon this grant. In Wisconsin the counties of Pierce, Pepin, Clark, Kau Clairo and Taylor, and parts of the counties of Buffalo, Trem pealeau, Jackson, Wood, Marathon, iueoln, Chippewa, Barron, Dunn and St. Croix are within the bounds of the grant. In Minnesota the valuable part ot this grant is to-day tho city of St. Paul. It would bo an item of interest to know what Jonathan Carver's heirs recieved for this enormous domain over 7,000,000 acres of land. Cor. Chicaqo Triltne. SKATING IN AMSTERDAM. Winter Seeiuw of Interest on tho I-'rorrn Cnniil or tint Dutch .Aletrojtolls. As Amsterdam is made up of one hundred little islands, formed by the intersection of numerous canals, the click of steel-clad feet is heard all around the tourist. The grandest view of humanity on wings can be had in the environs of Amsterdam on a Sun day afternoon. Upon an ice-covered space of more than six miles square, created by the union of the Amstol and the Y, tho inhabitants of Amsterdam and vicinity aro out in force, and to see a gang of 20,000 skaters is nothing wonderful. Rows of tents, used as res taurants, billiard saloons, theaters, etc., meet the eve everywhere, and the tired skater has always a place on hand where rest and a supply for the inner man can bo obtained, Gazing upon the th ing assembly, the eye is drawn to a couple who, hand in hand, execute tlie most dilllcult feat of scientific skat ing, or who, in company with others, go through tho peculiarly intricate movements of tho quadrille. Farther on, a space of two hundred yards long by fifty broad is lined on both sides with spectators to view tho swiftness of competitive racing. Botli ladies and gentlemen indulge in thoso races, and every season prUos are oileved by tho city authorities for the swiftest skater. Crossing this skating place, you aro nearly overrun by a joyful band of rosy- cheeked lads and lasses, who, believing there is speed in union, havo supplied I themselves with a gaily colored polo twenty foot long, and placing it under tho right arms of tho skaters, ranged ono after tho othor, annihilate space with tho velocity of a race-horse RUSSIA'S PEASANTRY. The Utterly lloprlen Condition of the Orr.it Mnjorlty of the Czar'n SulilrrtH. The condition of the Russian peas antry, which has been long and stcadi ly deteriorating, has now become so utterly hopeless that only some special extra pressure is required to make their deep discontent break out in rebellion. The "motijik" knows nothing of "con stitutions" or "political freedom." Do sighs for none of these thing. He hates the Nihililts, for they aro innova tors and the declared enemies of the Czar. He has a great patriotic and su perstitious regard for the Emperor, as the head of his Church, the fountain of all good gifts, and tho representa tive of an ancient national institution. But when iirmly established in his po sition, one Czar satisfies tho Russian peasant quite ns well as another. Tho Emperor Nicholas was quite as good to him ns would have been his elder brother Constantino, had the latter not been put out of the way, and the Em press Catherine, a foreigner and a woman, was quite as good as tho hus band whom sho disposed of. If his grievances become too great the peasant will not hesitate to attack the Czar's officers, tax. collectors and others, and he will maintain a comfortable theory that the autocrat is unaware of his suffering, and that ho is the victim of wicked nobles and officials who have combined to persecute him and to deceive tho Czar. Before tho peasant was emancipated he ! worked under his master's directions, ho paid no taxes, he seldom had any' money, and he got hut little "voitky. His master guaranteed his subsistence, and ho had no particular cares or anx ieties. When emancipated he was made a present of some land, but he also became responsible for his own subsistence, and he became subject to a land tax. He remained, however. . thoroughly careless, and his only so licitude was to do as little work as possible. Circumstances for a time favored him. Good land was abun dant, the price of corn in Europe rose, railways were made to transport his grain, the money rolled pleasantly into his pockets, and the Government kindly abolished tiic spirit monopolies, and brought "vodky," plentiful and cheap, to his door. Times have, how ever, changed now; his land, which he never troubled to manure, is exhausted; the price of .rain has fallen; America and India are competing with him; his sons, his laborers, are taken away by the conscription, and the land tax alone remains as before. Remissions of the tax are made from time to time, but only where tho arrears have become so heavy that their collection is per fectly hopeless. Naturally the peasant is on his last legs and any thing but cheerful. He is slow to move, but with a little extra pressure, a cry against any of his recognized enemies, the Jews, the "tehinovniks," or the nobles, will start him on a career of violence which nothing but grape-shot will stop. And this is the great danger which will assail Russia from within under the in fluence of the stress of a prolonged war. Quarterly llcvicw. ALASKA TERRITORY. its Discovery ami Area mill AciiuWltton hy the United Sttites. When Secretary Seward bought Alaska from Russia he added to the United Sttites a territory of much larger area than tho Sttites of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri to gether, and nearly nine times larger than England and Wales. The terri tory stretches out so far to the west ward that Sitka, its capital, is only half way from New York City to the most western Alaskan island. Many of the details of tho formation of Alttska read like (notations from fairy tales. It litis a volcano 8,000 feet high. The Yukon river is tit some points from fifteen to twenty miles wide, its entire length is 2,000 miles and it empties with such volume into tho sea that tho ocean is said to be fresh water for ten miles out. The temperature does tit tiling fall as low as fifty-eight degrees below zero, but tis a rule it is mild, on account of a sort of gulf stream known as the Jap anese current. It was Peter the Great who set on foot tho expedition which finally discovered Alaska. It was in 17 'Jo that tho explorers, set out to cross Siberia, toward the cast, and one of their leaders was Behring, a Dane, who had been long in tho Russian service. Ho did not land in Alaska till seventeen years later, and died on one of the islands ofl' the shore, which bears his name and where his body now lies. Spain, Eng land and Franco also sent out explor ing expeditions, and Russia established a trading company, which sold tho furs of the region. But in 1S07 Secretary Seward effected a purchase of Alaska for the United States, which paid Rus sia $7,200,000, and a little more than two years ago it was organized as a civil and judicial district, of which A. P. Swinefonl is Governor. At present tho chief industries aro carried on by the fishery and seal fur companies. In 1SS0 the catch of salmon was S.000 rases, in 1SS11, 3(5,000 easos, and in 188.), 1)5,000 eases, at about $.") a ease, l'ho magnitude of tho fur operations :uay be seen from tho fact that between 1871 and 1S8;J about $5,000,000 was paid by the company to the United States Government as rent and tax. l'liero are also mines of coal, load, cop- per, silver and gold, and a vtu.t growth Jf lino spruce and cedar, which will some ittiy prove ot great valuo to the people of tho United States. It appears to bo cloar now that Secretary Seward ictud wisely when ho negotiated the purchase from Russia. San Fnmciscv Examiner. INDIAN ARISTOCRATS. Tmlts, Stunners nnl Dress of tho Vnrlous Orders of llruhinlns. To study Brahminism, its mysticism, its almost fatal influence either on its devotees or upon those wretched people1 who are not of that faith, andwhoirom that unfortunate circumstance aro ac cowling to the Brahminical theory no better than dogs, one must go to South India. There ono will learn that the Brahmin is an autocratic aristocrat and that neither merit, nor wealth, nor bravery, nor talent can placo any man not a 'Brahmin on the same pedestal on which crouches tho meanest natured man of his divine origin. And whether he bo Vishnu or Shiva tho Brahmin is an aristocrat, Ono recognizes that whatever may be his other qualities the Brahmin is a gentleman a cultured and intellectual man of tho world, who recognizes none as his superior and a great many as his inferior. The Brah min is a striking example of the supe riority supposed to be duo to the acci dent of birth, and the further south one travels in India tho more marked is this. In Tanja.e, which is termed tho garden of India, Maddura andTinnevelly, does the Brahmin most repay study. Hero under their vast groves the Brahmin seems not to have heard through tho dense forests the bustle of an enterpris ing world. His world is yet the tiny hand-swept village, with the school house where the pupil learns by rote Brahminical nonsense and peculiar Eng lish phraeolvy. the Brahmin knows that unless he learns English there is no chance for him to wear the Government liverv, which alike to Eu ropean and native is the highest aspira tion. The way in which to distinguish the devotees of Vishnu and Shiva is not difficult, for men of Vishnu wear on their foreheads a mark similar to this , while those of Shiva carry in the center of their foreheads a round sandal-wood dot, which is used by Hindos tani women for tho same purpose as are the tiny black sticking-plaster dots upon tho fair faces of our ladles, called 'beauty spots." The Vislinuites and Siiivitos also carry a distinction in their names. The former take the af fix "Iengar" to their names, while the bitter have "Iyer." Not alone this, the characters of tho two tire also dif ferent. The Icngars, it is declared, are a self-suflicient nice, and are noted for their cunning, while the Jyers are said to be humbler, more ingenuous and more scholarly inclined. As the women's names tire never known to the outside world, and ns they carry no distinguishing marks on their faces, they are known by their dress. A woman of the Vishnu caste wears the folds of her paijama tight across her knees and thus displays a shapely call which may be envied by any woman, though it be hidden by the petticoat. The Shiva woman, on the contrary, has a loose fold hanging on the side of her right leg, below the knee. I he mate rial from which her garment is made is of a silky texture, yellowish and red; it is but a single sheet, ami forms the entire wardrobe of a noble Brah min lady, though her possessions may bo vast, her jewels the envy of many an European royal family, and her descent more illustrious and more ancient than that of any of the crowned heads of Europe. Many a Brahmin can trace his ancestry for ti thousand years, while tho family of Udaipur have records showing them to be over two thousand years old. A Telugu woman wears her dress diU'erently from either ot her Itiinil sisters, for sho wears a close fold in front. Tamil girls who have not attained tho ago of puberty wear a single petticoat, and as the Brahminical law ordains that a woman litis to marry when sho arrives tit puber ty, it goes without sav ring that wit ieoat has to b marriage the single petti exchanged with the dhoti, or man-form of dress, and that she also has to wear underneath garment. So rigid are tho Brahmins in their sumptuary laws that they compel till other castes men and women to wear tho petticoat, so that the most casual observer may bo en abled to distinguish at a single glance a Brahmin. The Shivite and the Vish nuite alone wear the dhoti kind of dress, being equal in till respects, both having sprung from the face of Bruma, the creator. There is also another sect of Brahmins called Rangi, who live on the Canaroso coast, and aro declared by both Tamil and Telugu to bo lament ably superstitious and ignorant. It is among the Cauareso Brahmins that tho English have made less headway than among any other Brahmins. Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. A Deserted French Village. Thoro is a charming Arcadian villago called La Tour, situated near Privas, in the southern department of Ardeche, which has become uninhabitable owing to the number of crimes which have ioon committed therein of late. A short timo ago a widow named Roche was murdered there by her nephew and niece after site had made her will in their favor, and on Wednesday two small farmers quarreled with each other over a small strip of ground which each claimed as his own. The dispute was adjusted by ono of the improvised liti gants kicking tho viscera out of his an tagonist and leaving him for dead on tho field. Tito inhabitants of La Tour, justly terrified at the epidemic of crime which has swept over their once-peaceful hamlet, have left their homes in a body and migrated to loss bloodstained regions. One may well ask whero wero the grtrdes chavipctrcs, or tho gen darmes, while thoso crimes wero being porpetrated. Rural Franco has of late had an unenviable notoriety for crime, and all its villages have hardly boon liko those blissful abodes dopiotcd by Florian. i'tin's Cor. London Telegraph. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. Tho Mohammedans havo ninety names for God; but among them all they have not "Our Father." Trinity Church, Boston, (Dr. Phil lips Brooks'), has given $305,000 to missions in tho last ten years. The Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Au gustine, Fla., have assumed control of tho education of tho Indian children now at the fort there. The Presbyterian Church in Zaca tccas is the largest evangelical church in tho Republic of Mexico. It lias over nine hundred members. It is calculated that at least fifteen hundred Jews leave the synagogue for the Christian church every year in Europe and America. Ar. Y. Witness. Nearly seven thousand accessions to the Methodist Church in tho West are reported by tho Western Christian Advota'.c as tho result of recent rc vivr.!.5. Tho cataloguo of Hartford The ological Seminary shows a William Thompson Fellowship, established dur ing tho year, forty-four students, em bracing sixteen seniors, twelve in tho middle class, fourteen juniors and two in the advanced class. There was contributed last year in the Church of England tho sum of ?8, 90S, 850 in voluntary offerings for the building and restoration of churches and parsonages and tho endowment of benefices, which was about $2,000,000 more than in the year before. At '.Vellesley College eighty young women have expressed a desire to work us foreign missionaries; tit Oberlin about 100 signified tho same purpose and. including till these and other col leges, the re are about -100 young women willing to work in the foreign field. At the close of 1885 the missionary work of the world stood as follows: Ordained missionaries, 2.1)75; lay mis sionaries, 732; women, 2,420; ordained native preachers, ;?,0GS; unordained native helpers, 2S,(5-12; native commu nicants, 802,028; gain in 1885, 39.S3S. Income of missionary societies, $10,- 371,702. Tho Cornell University School of History and Political Science has been enriched by tho gift of ex-Presitlent Andrew D. White's historical library a collection of about 30,000 volumes, 10,000 pamphlets and many manu scripts. 1 he making of tins invalua ble collection has been Dr. White s life-work, and is said to have cost moro than $100,000. Chicago Advance. It is significant that, although Greek is not hereafter to be a required study at Harvard University, tho Greek department there is to be strengthened bv the creation of a new professorship, filled by calling Prof. John II. Wright, lately of Dartmouth, from Johns Hop- ns University. Prof. Alexander Agassiz, curator of the Museum ot Comparative Zoology, litis received tho honorary degree of doctor in science from Cambridge University, England. Congregationalism . WIT AND WISDOM. Great works aro accomplished lowly. Wise men make moro opportunities than they find. Beware of poison in books, news papers or conversation. A youth is conscious how little his elders know until he gets to bo an elder himself. Then he recognizes tho deficiencies of youth. Puck. Avoid debt, and lest tho cxamplo be dangerous, avoid a debtor. This is a bit of philosophy which is respect ful".' submitted to our creditors. 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