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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1887)
Ad 1 TELEGRAP111CJUJBIA11Y. Epitome of (he Principal brents a Allnctine Public Interest David Gogclin, who in Oetotar killed Mrs. Whcrenthal for refusing, to pay rent or vacate a house, was hanged in Ontario. During a panic caused by a fire at a circus in Nesclnn, Russia, many per sons were burned to death and about 3,000 injured. At Altnnnn. Pa., eight men were in- sfjinth- killed and six badly injured by a premature explosion of dynamitoin ' . Cmim nf tll( in- the stone quarries UtllV. V .w jured will die. Alf. Canfield, James Cullen and Norman Bell were killed in a quarry at Binnewater, X. Y., by a premature blast. Several others were injured, one or more fatally. The collector of the port at Boston imposed a line of $1,000 upon the Cu nard Steamship Company for permit ting an insane woman to land from one of their vessels. Initial fteps have been taken for the construction of a Russian iron mill near Pittsburg. This will be the first Russian iron mill ever built outside of Siberia. A special from Des Moines says: "News is just, received Reid, who left Manswn that. Rev. Dr. last winter to become a missionary Africa, has been killed in ceturai and eaten by cannibals." An explosion of fire-damp occurred in a coal pit at Gelsenkirken in West Aphalia. The bodies of forty-one per- ons, killed by the explosion, have been recovered. Twelve more miners are relieved to be dead. Cnntain L. W. Colo took a party of friends out for a sail on Terrace bay, Michigan. The yacht was struck by a squalhmd capsized, throwing the party into the bay. Captain Cole and four friends were drowned. The town marshal of Moreland, Kentucky, attempted to arrest Jack nnd William Logan at their house, As he entered the house he was shot bv them fatally. The lire was returned, bv two men with the marshal. Botl of tho Logan boys were killed. lie refused to permit a collection to be taken un. savins the jump was merely in honor of the Queen's jubilee. Ho attempted to jump oil" the Clinton sus pension bridge at Bristol, tho highest bridge in England, but was arrested. An experiment of fish culture is about to be tried in stocking Salt Lake, Utah, with shad from the breeding sta tion at Point Lookout on the Chesa peake. One of the full commission s cars reached Salt Lake with 1,100,000 young shad to be placed in the lake. It is an experiment, but the fish com-, mission officials believe that the phys ical conditions of the water there will make it a complete success. S. S. Ncilson, a former commissoncr of Huron county, Dakota, shot and killed Mrs. Flora E. Shaw and her son, George, Addie Liman, her sister, and Mr. Kelly, a neighbor. Ncilson then suicided by shooting himself through the head. The tragedy was the result of a land controversy between Neilson and Mrs. Shaw. The murdered people were all working 111 the field when Neilson approached and shot them down one after another. At Maquoketa, la., five boys, three of whom were sons of John Bock and two of them sons of Basil llindel, whoso ages ranged from 0 to 1(5, were drowned in tho Mamiokcta river. Three of them, while in bathing, plunged off 11 sand bar into water be yond their depth, when another boy, seeing that they were drowning, plunged in to rescue them. Another boy, who had his clothes on, noticing the failure of tho first boy, also plunged in, and all were drowned to gether. None of the bodies were re covered. Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury Mnynard has written to tho collector at San Francisco as follows : "I trans mit herewith an extract from a dis patch dated April 5, from our vice consular agent at Noume, New Cale donia, a French penal colony, ad dressed to tho Department of Stateand referred to this Department, in regard to a proposed deputation of convicts from that city to your poit. You will take especial caro that tho immigrant laws arc enforced so as to prevent tho landing of any such persons so ship ped to this country. If found to bo convicts, as alleged, or any of tho classes of aliens whoso lauding is pro hibited, please communicate this in formation to tho Commissioners of Im migration at your port." At tho annual exhibition given by the Academy at Kcrrville, Tenn., a most distressing accident occurred : In tho second scene ten young ladies dressed in white were to appear. As the curtain was rising a coal oil lamp on the tablo close bv where the young ladies were standing in somo way was upset, setting fire to the draperies of tho stage. The dress of Maggio Long, a pretty girl of thirteen, caught lire and sho was soon enveloped in Homos. Tho audience -and thoso who wore on tho stago woro panic-stricken and rushed pell-moll in overv direction. "Women scroamed and fainted, and men seemed powerlo&s to act. Ono young man, Haywood Fowler, in at tempting to eavo Miss Long, was fa- tauy uurneu. tho young lady's suf feriug was gront and sho died 60011 af icr. 11 13 lonreu me injurios 01 somo of thoso trampled upon in tho au- dtenco will result fatally. Lawrence Donovan, who jumped oil u, in01,t ihoroia two or thrco Brooklyn bridge, and also oil &i"l"; vinee.uml afterward press the soil sion bridge at ; Niagara I' alls, jumped llroum them Som0 euitiViltors 0f from London bridge into the lhanies. L- 0, AGRICULTURAL. Devoted to the and Interests of Stockmen, Farmers Cultivation or Crnnlicrrloft. The requisites for cranberry culture are a soil of muck or peat that can be drained for twelve or eighteen inches below the surface, a supply of water at hand sufficient to allow the meadow to be Hooded at will and an abund ance of pure sand. You want water for the purpose of protecting your vines so that you can How your bog and protect it from freezing, and after ward, in the spring time, for the pur- ,)0S of kukng the ermin that infest ,ti10 vines ...1. You need to protect the crops when very severe frosts come on suddenly, by flowing the bog rapidly, tnd covering the berries, thus saving hum. The surface of the marsh should be (rst pared off, with a machine or other vise, removing all sod, stumps and loots. Then cover to a depth of three eight inches with sand or fine gravel tho deeper the sand the longer the :g will fast. Loam will notilo because brings in weeds and grasses and is Has warm as sand. I he sand as- -ts in protecting the berries from stand injurv. It keeps out weeds d serves as a mulch in warm wen- It also keeps the bogs from run- lihg to vines, because cranberry vines, ilVou put them in the mud, will run smutch to vine thatthev will not nflce the uprightu on which tho ber ril grow. The sand has to bo wheeled inlheelbarrows on planks and spread byt hand. Before sanding make ditlies about three rods apart, run- niil into a main ditch, and witli such diretion and fall as will speedily eon- du4 the water from the dam over the 1,.1.. i . .. in.. : u- ... deps of at least eighteen inches. i'rtilizers are seldom applied, as the;eauso too much wood growth at the jpenteof tho fiuit. Gioundbonc in nfderato quantities is probably the safeiferlilizer to use. Bogs run out aften, time, but may be renewed by mowig and burning the vines and resailing. There are bogs on Cape Cod hat are yielding profitably for theirhirty-second year. The vine is very ardy and may be set at any timeout spring is best. Tho usual coursis to punch holes in the ground go trier: low fujows and cover them, leaving xut thi ends of the vines. It is ini lortanto put them down below the tie sail, so that they may take root uie .in. ureat care snouiu uc iai:cn soledng tho plants. Those which live to greatest and most bushv ftiago re the poorest plants for bear it, buihe most fruitful vines may be klown y their greenish-brown leaves all tin; wiry texture of tho wood. Ctting-jnav be used instead of vines. ail if lentifully sown they cover the grand ompletely. Wo have known ofiistaces where the vines were cut inniecs with a hay-cutter, sown bnltlcasand then harrowed in. Keep thclln.nj well cleaned of weeds for t,wil ears; and by the end of that time thet neswill have full possession of theWujl. Tho yield the third year willij ah)ut fifty bushels to the acre, theilowtng year it will be 100 bush els, kl aler that possibly I!00 or even '100 bshds to the acre, but the aver age Jinny number of seasons is 100 to 150 l',he.s. When plants arc set out in Mbh,if the bog is kept covered untilKno 1st, or until danger of frost is pallmost of tie vino insects will be killeii'xccpt the firewonn, which is killedlr sprinkliig the vines with a str,onJ olution of tobacco. It is nec- essary dso to fbod tho bog when early ts thrcatta, and so turn on the w; before th berries rot. All insect its can be. destroyed by fre oding. quent C Jranl ;rnes npci 111 this latitude about Ivcmber 1st The vines should then b nicked clen of fruit. The oranberr rake, mao of bent sheet' iron, wila row of shaped teeth on its loweijsdge, can (ten bo used to advantaje. Tho leaing varieties of tho cranWry aro thcUell, tho Bugle and tho cherry. ThiGarlyBell is the standard Uily cranbeiy, of good size and darkicolor and ry productive. Black Hull is hardy, ood size, dark coior anutjieius wen. ucnmomi Jieu is large, ilir, very prollc, but rather late, ltuale is large, hg, not early, fruit ap'i tfcW coaree aiuhaded green ; good oi well sanded Igs, not cold. Creeper is chcrry-shapC extra largo, light c(loi,very proliliirather late, tAt il ftrAtt lmniri it I tl V-kil in 1 rt nil. useless sck. The Cherry.ninberry is of two Un tit, largo and urdl. It is very JuuJ, dark, crims, medium early, an a most popr market berry. 11L darker the cjr tho bet ter the heroes will sell. AhU'tt an ii Fertillr. A correspondent writes t ho can get wood ashes from a eawil for tho hauling, and lias to haul teo miles to his farm. Ho wishes to jonf if it will pay to laid ashes so fa mil what is tho manuri.il valuo of asl?4 To tho first question wo airer, Yes, even though you havo to hrn team and put tho ashes on lnnd'nt you rent. The reasons for this aor will appear in our attempt to ai'er tho 'second question. ,-, We aio not Win whether onehos aro made from hard woodi wood. We will seo tbat tho ash T!r2hard wood is richer in potash aiyihos phoric acid than that from siwood or bark. By roferonce t$ tables in Jogon's "How Crops gro'," ono can lol tho valuejof ashes ol tho several Mb of wood and bark iW aro nowt to consider the pcrfpnts of Eoda, ljne- 1111 vuuiivii-v i:ut liiu uuuo in sin. lime, silica and chlorine found in wood ashes, since any of our soils have inotigh of these, and we will consider the potash and phosphoric acid. John gon's tables give tho values from strictly pure ashes. It is evident the ashes from a sawmill are not pure, but have admixtures of sand ami soil, which need not be considered in this cafe. Dr. Kedzie, of tho Michigan Ag ricultural College, once made an anal ysis of ashes from stove, furnaco and ashery in the condition wo would find them usually if we were to buy them. Hardwood ashes taken from his kitchen stove, where beech and hard maple were used, showed 12i per cent of potash and (5 per cent of phosphoric acid. Leached ashes, taken from a tan nery, showed l.G per cent potash and G.b "per cent of phosphoric acid. Soft wood ahes, from the pit of a planing mill, where pine, fir and bass wood were burned with .-oine soft coal, showed 12 per cent potash and 4 per cent phosphoric acid. Tannery ash, made from spent tan bark, mixed with some soft coal, showed 2.5 per cent potash and 1.2 per cent phosphoric acid. Now, it is probable the sawmill fur nishing the ashes to our correspond ent used mostly hard wood. Then, a ton ton of hard ashes fresh from the furnace, unleaehed, would be worth $11) 10, while potash sells at 5 cents a pound, and insoluble phosphoric at 0 cents since 12?, per cent, or 215 pounds, is potash, and 0 per cent, or 120 pounds, is phosphoric acid. As our correspondent can easily haul to his farm three tons of ashes in a day from the sawmill, he had better lose no time in securing all available at that rate. Leached ashes are not worth so much, hence it will be well to haul the ashes away as fast as made, ami apply it to the land or store it in a dry place. Thirty to forty bushels of fresh ashes will be an ample dressing, and on light soils there is no better fer tilizer. Fruit tiees and berries are specially benefitted by a dressing of wood ashes. Farm 1'rolltN. Perhaps a safe way to increase farm profits from lands that have value based on production, rather than ex traneous conditions, would be to limit areas of cultivation. This would per mit equal expenditure of labor, if re quired, but it would be concentrated and would necessarily tend to larger production, relatively, thereby a Hord ing more liberal margin for gain. To illustrate the idea, suppose a farmer plants ten acres to potatoes and gathers in autumn a thousand bushels, the land worth ono hundred dollars an acre. Count cost plowing, harrow ing, marking, seed, planting, digging and interest on land, say twenty-five dollars an acre. The potatoes cost twenty-five cents a bushel. Now sup pose inst-ead of ten acres he plants five and by superior cultivation gets two hundred bushels to the acre a thousand bushels. He saves interest on live acres, one-half tho seed and one half the labor of marking, planting and digging, all amomiting to ten dol lars an acre after allowing extra work in cultivation to the amount of two and a half dollars an acre. He has on tho smaller area a crop equal to that from tho greater area produced at fifty dollars less cost after allowing for ex tra cost of cultivation. That makes the potatoes cost twenty cents a bushel instead of twenty-five, the difference being fifty dollars for tho five acres be sides leaving the remaining five for somo oth'er crop with perhaps oven profit. It is true this is but a paper estimate, but its counterpart may bo found easily in practical farming. Then itservesonly to illustrate a point, yet ovory farmer knows that he can work out the problem in his fields with absolute certainty of favorable results. The whole matter goes back to the starting point. Farming does not give the profits that ought to be realized, mainly because farmers do not employ means wisely. They misapply forces when they kiiow how to do better. Portions of Klickitat (W. T.) county are developing as a corn growing re gion. Four farmers havo over 358 of this grain in cultivation. Tho acreago of hops in Oregon and Washington is fully twenty per cent greater than last year, ami tho pros pects for a good crop are qui to prom ising. For the codlin moth there seems to bo as yet no remedy found as effectual as spraying tho trees with a solution of Paris green, in tho proportion of an ounco and a half of the green to fivo gallons of water. Tho planting of forest trees has for a number of years been encouraged in Nebraska. Gov. Morton, of that State, was tho first official to issue a procla mation designating an Arbor Day, to bo observed in tho schools ami for econ omic tree planting. Over (105,000,000 of trees aro now growing where none could bo seen fifteen years ago. A small black beetle, unnamed in tho catalogue of fruit pests, is com mitting fearful ravages among tho grapevines about Davisvillo. California, Thousands of vines in tho Briggs vino yard aro almost completely ruined. No remedy has yet been found. Sul phur and Paris green only sharpen his appetite The local hop market at Tacoma, W. T., has lately been stimulated by reports from tho East concerning tho condition of tho coming crop. Twenty and twenty-two cents aro now being ofl"Cd, but farmers, anticipating bet tor figures still, aro making but few contracts. Thoaoroagc in thoPuyallup valley lias been inoieased about 25 per cent. COAST CULLINGS. Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California. Peter Donnelly was killed by a train near Petaluma, Cal. Robert Hrock was diowned in the river at Sacramento. Robert Keichart shot himself in the left breast and died, at San Francisco. The town of Biekleton. W. T., re cently destroyed by fire, is being rap idly tebuilt. Stockton is rejoicing over the exten sion of the free postal delivery to be gin July 1st. Earl Potts, a newsboy, fell beneath a train at Pasadena, Cal., and was fa tally injured. Progress at tho Siskiyou' railroad tunnel is slow, only about eight feet being bored daily. Willard Carter a conductor on tho Oregon Short line was discovered dead in his room at Pocatcllo. There are twenty-eight truss bridges within an aggregate length of U,-1S2 feet on the Cascade branch. Mike Grace, a brother of ex-Mayor Grace, of New York, was killed by Apaches at Crittenden, Aiizona. There is a new station on the North ern Pacific between Martin ami Wes ton that has been christened Stam pede. Mr. Abo Wood, aged 05, was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun while hunting deer in Clarke couutv, W. T. The Oregon Pacific is to be pushed eastward by the Minto Pass to meet the C. it N. W., which is rapidly ap proaching Boise City. An accident occurred at the C hollar mine, Virginia City, Nov., whereby Richard Pasco was killed ami three men seriously injured. About five miles of snowsheds will be required on the Cascade branch to protect the mountain sections from blockade during heavy snowstorms. Linni'e M. Palmer has recovered $10,700 from the Utah Northern rail road for injuries sustained by tho kill ing of her husband on defendant's road. The actual cost of handling the snow along the Cascade branch at tho front ami on the switchback this last winter, fooled up between $75,000 anil $100,000. John Chappell, a well known resi dent of llwaco, W. T., dropped dead at the latter place. The coroner's ver dict was that death was caused by par alysis of the heart. Christian Hittocher, for several years commander of tho barkentino Worcester at San Francisco, com mittte suicido by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. In addition to the twenty-two relig gious denominations now represented at Tacoma, tho Second Day Adventists have found lodgment, and hold nightly meetings in a huge tent on E street. The Crown Point, one of the Ward nor group of mines, has been sold to John Sevcnoaks, and Mr. Knowles, superintendent of the La Trinidad of Mexico. I he consideration is $85,000. A carpenter named Abram Urch fell from a scaffolding on a new building on Tacoma avenue, Tacoma, to the ground, a distance of fifteen foot, strik ing on his head and sustaining severe contusion of the brain. Tho Stampede tunnol, on tho Cas cade division, is 0,850 feet. Seven other tunnels, two east and five west of Stampede tunnolpaggregato 11,220 feet, making a total length of tunneling upon tho branch 111,070 feet. A woman traveling on tho train bound west, fell off near Glendive, Montana, and sustained injuries which were believed to be fatal. Tho train picked up tho unfortunato woman and backed to Glendive, whoro sho was left Tho carthquako shock at Genoa, Nov., was so severe as to throw bricks from chimneys, while plastering fell from the walls of houses and a mini her of brick buildings were thattcred A second shock of like force would havo destroyed every brick building in town. A temporary bridgo is in course of erection across tho Columbia river at Kenncwick, which will bo completed by September, in time to move this year's crop of grain across it. A per manenl Lruige will uo erected upon the temporary structure, anil bo com pleted by December 1. Frank Read and Charles Gilsca, aged 1!) and 10 respectively, were drowned in the river near Stockton, Cal. J hoy wero attomptmg to row in tho wako of tho steamer Mary Garratt, when the steamer reversed lior engine and thoy wero carried by Iho current under her wheel. Corporal Eberhnrd Woiderhold, of the Second Calvary, stationed at Walla Walla, is a German baron in his own right, with a monthly income of $000, This has been established beyond doubt. Woiderhold is in tho garrison hospital, tho result of an attempt at suicide by poisoning. At Paeco, W. T., Johnny Ireland, a boy of 11, picked up what ho toolc to bo an empty cartridge, and while try. ing to drive it into n log.it exploded, being a giant powder cap." Two of the boy's fingers wero blown off and driven into his log, from which thoy woro ex tricated by a physician. With only a fow counties heard from Montana has, within tho past two months, paid out ovor $10,000 for tho scalps of ground squirrels. Tho law was first regarded as a joke, but has now become a i-crious matter and an extra -session of tho Legislature is talked of to prevent a depletion of tho territorial treasury. OREGON NEWS. i Everything' of General Interest ii Condensed Form. The postoHieo at Hilgard has been discontinued. A rich vein of coal has been found on the John Day. China pheasants are getting to be thick about Silverton. Glanders is prevailing among tho horses in the vicinity of Milton. " Over a million pounds of wool will be shipped from Echo this season. Bee culture is beginning to receivo some attention in the vicinity of Echo. A new bank with $100,000 capital has recently been organized in Lake view. Sfcek stealing is much complained of in tho southern part of Gilliam county. The wheat output of Wasco county this year is estimated at over 2,000,000 bushels. Blackleg is doing some damage among tho young stock of Upper Burnt river. Four thousand men and 2.000 boats aio busy at the mouth of the Coluyibia catcning nsn. An old man named Vincent was struck and probably fatally injured by a train near Salem. Tho size of the new Hennnor flour ing mill is to be :!0x-l(5 feet. The new plant will cost $10,000. A new nostoflice has been estab lished at Oak Creek, Douglas county, with James A. Cox as postmaster. Fred Schubert, of Albany, while us ing a pair of tm-shears at the fruit cannery there, clipped off two of his digits. I p wards of 150,000 head of sheep have been sold from Baker county Ibis spring and are now on their wav East by rail. Charlie Herring, a Baker county boy, has been bound over iif the sum of $200 for stealing a horso from his niotticr. i. n. iNoifon, an old, well known ind popular stockman of Crook county, accidentally shot himself at Dl'ewsey. 1 lie injury will prove fatal. Will Appleton. son of Mis. W. II Applolon, of Pendleton, wan struck on the .stomach with a basoball, and sus tained injuries that may prove fatal. Mrs. Thomas Froman, of Albany, while returning home from the funeral of her brother at Salem, was soverely struck with paralysis and died that niglit. The dwelling house of R. R. McGin nis, of Evans Crook, Jackson county, was totally destroyed liviiro with all its contents. Tho origin of tho disaster is unknown. Lying on the Little Nestucca beach is tho wreck of tho English ship Car marthen Castle. Sho was one of tho largest iron ships that ever sailed from England. She can easily bo boarded at low tide. Nals Hansen was upsot in a boat in the breakers boyond tho south chan nel, at Astoria, and drifted twenty miles to tea. Ho was picked up by tho steamer McArthur and taken to Shoalwater bay. bays a Harney valloy paper: Wo are informed that therois a largo tract of high, dry land in this valley that is habitable and well adapted for ag ricultural purposes tltat appears upon llio maps as "lakes." A band of horso thieves drovo off a band of twenty-two horsos belonging to parties living on Burnt river. Tho robbers were overtaken in Idaho by the owners and most of tho animals recovered, but failed to got their men Charles Colwell, who was employci at a sawmill near Waeco as an ox- teamster, was almost instantly crushed to death by a log rolling over his head It seems that Colwell was in tho act of unhitching his team of oxen from a log, which lay on a slight incline, am and was driving away, when in some manner tho log started down tho in clino with great force, knocking him down and crushing him as above stated. Oscar Kclty shot and killed his wifo near McCoy, and then shot himself, Thoy had been living at Albany. Mrs Kelty left her husband, for somo do mestic reason, and went to her father's whoro Kclty followed her. Keltv will probably die. Travel into tho Pino creek, Silver creek and Granite creek mining sec tions has commenced in earnest. Tho present summer will note a greater ac tivity in mining in Bakor and Union counties than oyor before known, says a Baker City paper. T. P. Pago, tho half-breed son of ono Page residing on tho Umatilla In dian reservation, has gone East with tho Government Commissioners to en ter a law school. Tho reservation chiefs havo voted $5,000 of tho money arising from tho sale of their lands to educate him in the law, with tho understanding that ho practjeo fivo years at Pendleton after ho graduates and transact business for tho reserva tion Indians without charge during that time. Mart Fraln, who lives on the Klam ath, while out hunting a fow days sinco, run across a brown bear with two cubs. With very littlo trouble ho succeeded in killing nor nnd captur ing tho cubs, A Bout a milo further on ho had tho good fortune to Hud m: other bear, a bluck, also with two cubs. Ho dispatched tho mother at tho first shot, secured tho young ones, and now ho has quite a menagerie at his placo. Tho cubs havo already become quite geutlo and nro as playful and con tented as a litter of puppies. KEEPING ENGAGEMENTS. A Vow s'cnil!lo Comment on tho Ornco ol ItolnS n Time. The gross offenses committed againsi tho acknowledged laws of good societj by those who would resent with the deepest indignation the implication ol ever offending, simply proves that tho gods wiydield one of the educating forces when the gift "to see wescl'i as ithors see us" was withheld. A course of lectures is being de livered Saturday mornings at an East ern college. Through the kindness ol the lecturers, professors and tutors ol the college tho lectures are free. The hour for the leetuiv, as prominently announced as tho subject, 11:00. Promptly at that hour the lecturer on a recent morning began. For twenty minutes aftor that tinio tho stragglers came in, singly or by twos or threes. Tho hall is small, and after the fir-it lato comers had filled tho fow vacent seats camp chairs were carried through tho aisles. Tho lecturer had a strong voice, but even it was unequal to tho tswOi of drowning tho footstops of half a dozen people, the nistlo of garments, and the necessary eonfu-don. attending the seating of these people. Courtesy demanded that these guests should have been in their places at tho time designated by their entertainers. Certainly there caivlni no justification of their tardiness. H?losed doors should greet people who do not know tho valuo of time; they certainly can not gain enough to compensate those who give time and talents to enrich their minds, if thoy can not be on time to meet tho lecturer's first words. Punctuality is a grace of character almost as far-reaching in its influence as truth, lie who steals my purse, steals trah, but he who steals my tinio robs me of that which 1 can never re gain, nor any human In-ing bo enriched bjt its loss. The laggards aro the impedimenta of life. Too much stress can not lx laid on the obligation of keeping engage ments on time. And in public connec tion but tho rarest occurrences would excuse, the disturbing of an audience by entering tho room after tho specified hour. It is an evidence of thoughtless ness that does not speak well for char acter, or of ill-broeding that shows lack in nature and training. vhrisiian Union. COMMON HONESTY. Tills, Arrortltntr to n CIilcuco .Tittlcc, In Mm (Militt' l.;iclc or Our Tlnu-s. One of tho circuit judges of this city, who has on many occasions pivsided over the criminal court, and has had amplo opportunity to "know what ho is talking about, spoke the other, day: J Sineo I have been on tho bench I havo seen go down to darkness and doom hundreds of youth of tender years, men just ripening into manhood, and thoso who havo grown gray in crime, and havo learned from tho lins of many of thoni that in their youth thoy wero thrown rudely upon tho world and novor learned tho moaning of tho words, common honesty. In their peculiar world, tho ideal man is tho cool and intrepid explorer who lays tribute upon costly goods and wares, who can unlock all known com binations of safes and hank vaults, and who can face death unmoved ; or ho is tho polished &fttloinnu who has re duced lying and irceoption to a fine art; and these ir.on gloat over their skill anil reputation. But those aro thieves, llowhigh does tho standard of honesty among mankind roach outsido tho court ofjiislieo? Horo is the jail, and yon der is tho State's prison tho ono is tho gymnasium, tho other tho university of crime. Lying and deception scorn to lo recognized as legiti mate in tho marts of com merce, and fraud and misrepresenta tion aro among tho most ordinary mat tcrs for investigation in our courts. The standard of public and privato in tegrity -1111181 bo elevated, or all will bo lost. I give it as my candid opin ion that tho gro.itost evil with which modern society' and modern govorn nionts aro alllietod is want of common honesty. One-half tho world has ua Idea of economy, and extravagance is but another term for dishouosty. Tho words Conscientiousness and Common Honesty ought to bo engraven on tho dotnooi tho Capitol and on tho diadem of "Liberty Enlightening the World." Chicago Journal. Sedan Chairs in Boston. Tho demand for sedan chairs, which has latoly caused several specimens of thoso quaint old vehicles to bo sold foe several hundred dollars hero in Boston, is a result of thoso esthotrc revival which, in cortnin circles, nro more ef fective than rovivals in roligion. It is notlcoahle, howover. that tlio sedan chair has not boon restored to its old placo in tho llfo of fashionablo people; it is no longer U3ed to bear tho gay gallants anil lino ladles on their rounds through tho streots and in tho parks, hut it is placed in tho drawing-room as tho repository of bric-a-brac I think it would bo well if somo of our loaders .of tho rav world should when tho weather is warm onough to mako such a diversion practicable tako an airing; in their sedan chairs in order to ascer tain how far thoy aro cnpablo of living up to their osthotlo tastes, l-.von It they should bo greeted with gibes by tho Irroveroiit small boy, it would bo worth while to seo how far their boar ing would bo offectivo In overawing him. Uos'.on I'ost. A Connecticut ninn is suln? to- havo his nauio. removed from tho toinu- stouo of his (lecoascd wifo, from whom ho was dlvol-ccd'yoaw tx&o.r-ClcvclaHil L'4uler. . ..