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upon as out of date.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.
Pen, ink and paper, and brains aro
the only tilings requisite to literary
success; and almost anybody can
cot the pen, .ink and paper.-
','ts admire enterprise, but wo de
spise the man who would try to voto
four times in the one subdivision with
out changing his overcoat. London
(Can.) Advertiser.
An old negro preacher divided his
?ermon into two parts. "Fust, till do
things in de text, and second, all do
things not in do t-"xt; and, bredren,
we'll wrastle wie do secQtid part fust."
Try Gehmea for breakfast.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
That dyspepsia comes from torpid liver
anil costlvcness.
That you cannot digest your food well
unless your bowels and liver act properly.
That your bowels require thorough
cleansing when they do not do their duty
by.vour digestion.
That your torpid liver needs stimulating
In order that it may act as nature intended
it should.
That UiiANDiurru's Pills taken in dose
of one or two at night tor. say ten days,
will regulate tho bowels, stimulate tho
liver, improve tho digestion and drive
away dyspepsia.
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