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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1887)
Ad Epitome of (he Principal Events Now Attracting Public Interest The next convention of the National Educational Association will be held at San Francisco. Nino negroes returning from a fu neral wero killed by a Htroke of light ning at Jit. Pleasant, Tenn. Tlie commission nppointcd bv the English Parliament reported favorably on Pasteur's treatment of hydrophobia, Jacob Sharp, convicted of bribery, was sentenced to four yearn imprison ment and to pay a fine of $5,000, in New York. John Coady.who eloped from Stono county, Ark., with Elizabeth Lump- kins, was followed by the girl s father and brothers and shot. The St, Lawrence sugar refinery, at Montreal, was destroyed by fire. One man was killed and two injured by jumping from windows. The boiler at the Shawnee coal mine, near Cheyenne, exploded, fatally in juring James Kirby, night engineer, and two men, Thomas Jones and Chas. JJartlett, who were sleeping iu tlie en gine house. The Northern Pacific Express Com pany for the year ending July 1, 1S87, shipped 175 tons of fruit and vegeta bles from Walla Walla. The only of fices which exceed the business of Walla Walla are Portland, St. Paul anil Minneapolis. A hirge quantity of herring oil was recently taken to Sun Francisco Irom Alaska. One company at Killsnoo is engaged solely in catching the fish and trying out tho oil. The carcasses, af ter the oil is tried out, are chipped to Europe as guano. Tho Governors of New York. Massa chusetts, Connecticut and Pennsyl vania have called a conference "of all the Governors of tho different vStates and Territories to meet in New York August 23rd, to consider tho adoption of a uniform system of State extraditions. Advices from China state thai a re bellion took place at Chang Chow, near Shanghai. The uprising was suppressed by the authorities. Ninety of the conspirators were executed. A number of secret societies had also re belled in tho province of Kiangsi. A military officer and eloven soldiers im plicated in the rebellion were captured and beheaded. Half the new quay at Zue, Switzer land, fell into the lake. Forty houses, a crowded inn and the Hotel Zu rich, a four-story structure full of vis itors, vanished entirely. The occu pants of the buildings were engulfed while they slept. At least 100 persons perished, including M. Collins, the President of the canton. Men are at work trying to recover the bodies of the victims. An infant was found alive in a lloating cradle. Miss Maggie Uostwick, aged 11) years, and Miss Geneal Watkins, a young lady of Dallas, Texas, retired to their room in a one story cottage, at Gimes ville, Texas. At 2 o'clock Mrs. Post wick hoard a struggle in the young la dies' room and reached the room just in time to see a man leap through tho window. Both young ladies were wel tering in blood and unconscious, their skulls having been beaten in with a hatchet. Both died. No clue to the perpetrator of the crime hap. been dis covered. Over 2f)0 men have been deputized as deputy sherills to scour the country. A reward or $2,500 has leen offered for the capture of tho murderer. A party of uine workmen omployed in grading a portion of the Georgia, South Carolina and Northern Railroad in Chester county, S. C, were blasting rock and had on hand about 1,000 pounds of giant powder. Tho camp where a majority of tho workmen wero was some distance awoy from tho place where tho nine workmen were blasting. Just before sunset a terrible explosion was heard, but no attention was paid to it, and as none of the workmen returned that night a search was made next morning. When near the place whero the blasting had been going on a large Hock of vultures were seen upon the trees, and the searchers made a horrible discovery. The 1,000 tons of powder had proniaturely ex ploded, and not one man was left to tell tho tale. A spark from some iron being hammered is supposed to have ignited the powder. When off Barren Island, Now York, en route for Canarsio, the yacht Mys tery capsized and only thirteen of the forty eouls composing her pastongers and crow are known to have been res cued. The party was mado up chiefly of German families resident in Brook lin and Long Island City. When the passengers of the Mystery and Chris tiana gathered on the pier to embark for Carnasio so many of tho men of the party showed the effects of beer that they had drank that the skippers thought best to put the women and children aboard tho Mystery, which rates as a much safer boat than her consort, Tho women protested, but their protest was unheeded. Capt. llendrickson, of tho Mystery, said ho was going to get to Carnusio first or blow a stick off. Reef knots wero un fastened nnd tho boom dropped just as a squall of considerable violence struck tho sail. In a second eho was on her beam ends and all tho peopio were struggling in a choppy sea. Fully half tho drowned peopio wero children. A negro in a rowboat put out from the shore and succeeded in saving seven lives, and n tug which was iu the vi cinity saving nix. OREGON NEWS. Everything of General Interest in Condensed Form. Albany proposes to erect a $100,000 woolen factory. A $6,000 Congregational church is to be irected in The Dulles. Through mail is now being carried between Albany and Newjort. Pendleton supjwrts fifteen lawyers, five doctors anil three dentists. The hay and grain crop this year iu Crook county is going to bo scarce. The Lebanon road across the Cas cades is open, tho snow all being gono. A glass factory for making bottles. jars and plain ware is in prospect at :VH)lllll. It is estimated that Umatilla county will harvest 0,000.000 bushels of grain this year. Roseburg school directors have lot the contract for a new school house to cost $13,000. A man named Brown, living near Corvallis, was drowned in the Wil lamette at that place. A. six-year-old bov named Hatton was drowneiWn Couch lake, Portland, by falling from a raft. Red fish are beginning to ascend tho Grand Rontlo river, and the Wallowa lake will soon be populated with them. James Mclnroe, an old nioneer of Baker City, was killed nt that place bv falling under the wheels of a caboose. The infant son of J. A. and Sarah Wright was drowned in tho Hume of the Hurricane creek saw mill at Joseph. A book-kcenor named Al. Shcrfin.i omployed in the brewery at Lakeview, shot and killed a sheen-herder named C. F. Pone. The little child of Samuel Mills. living in Fox Vallov. Linn countv. was scalded to death by falling into a tub of boiling water. Theio is u force of 0,000 or 7.000 men at work on the Oregon and Cali fornia grade, which is nearly com pleted. Staging has been reduced to twelve miles. C. P. Dixon pleaded cuiltv to em bezzling some $2,000 of the funds of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Com-' pany, and was sentenced to three vears in the penitentiary. (lug Larson, a fisherman, was drowned at Megler's cannery at Brookiield. 1 lie boom wi a boat struck him and knocked him into the water. p10l body was recovered. A limn lvimrwl .rnnn:ii fiill 1iwm,,t1, I n t.ridcrn win. n (,.,.. P....i..,,..;ii I near Gervais, and presented a claim to j Development Company for $i0 000 to the county court for $250. The damages for injuries sustained in fall matter was settled by the court tuning "i do.wn 1 ,0, V'"Vuy of tho steamer to him $8") ' aquma at ban I' rancisco. Tho Jacksonville Sentinel claims that i there has leen $200,000 worth of gold dust brought into that town dur- ; mg the past year. The Grant's Pass Courier iigures the amount sold in Jo sephine county at $223,000. Eddie Graham, a sheep-herder on Willow creek, near Prineville, was rob bed of his watch and pocket money a few days ago, while he was going to his camp. The man met him on the road, drew a pistol and told him to "de liver up," and ho did so. A settler named Ball, while clearing land on his claim near Carrico valley, on the Nehalem road near St. Helen's. felled a tree ujion himself. In order ! to extricate him it was necessary to saw the tree in two. Bull's injuries arc pronouncod fatal. Suit was begun in the U. S" Circuit Court by Mrs. Thomasnm Lowrvl against R. Koehler, as receiver of tho O. fc C. Railroad, to recover $5,000 damages for the loss of her husband, Arthur T. Lowry, who died from inju rios received by tho premature explo- sion of a blast while working on tho bluff near Oregon City. The citizens of Ritzville, W. T., have William Egan, of this vullev, has organized a Board of Trade, with Dr. discovered an extensive salt marsh, I J,''SSutt President, and W. E. Black about eighty feet across, savs tho Lake- j mer secretary. It will be the object of viow Jixaminer. Around tiio edges the thi(i organization to promote, the best ground is covered with a three-inch , -"tereHtsof Ritzvilloand Adams county, layer of good salt ; all through tho ! An old man by the name of O'Con center tho water bubbles up like water! nor, nearly SO years of ago, and living boiling. All tho water is thick with j at the county farm, whs struck by the salt. It is considered a valuable find i cars while walking tho track near So- for the community as well as for. Mr. Eagan. It is located ten milps east of north of Silver Lake. Mr. Egan is now busy building vats to evaporate the water into salt. Citizens living in Tygh valley, Wasco county, have tent to Gov. Peunoyor tho result of the proceedings of a pub lic meeting hold there recently, in which action was taken upon a change of the northern boundary of tho Warm Springs reservation, so as to include a number of farms of Settlers in that valley. It is claimed by them that the boundary is twolvo miles south of where tho government survoyors now locate it. Gov. Pennoyer ' was re quested to write to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, protesting against fctich action on tho part of the govern ment and ho has done so. A dreadful accident happened at Tillamook by which four men lost their lives. It appears that a man named Albert Uriggs, who runs a sloop from Lincoln to Hobsonville and Gari baldi, started from tho former place carrying five passengers. When otT Hobsonville a flawttruck the boat and ehe capsized and sunk. The owner of tho boat and a boy named Woodruff got on tho ilats and were 6aved from tho cannery, tho other four unfortu nate men wero drowned. Tho names of three of the drowned men uro: W. W. Hepburn, L. IeBaron and J. L. Hoover. They wero from Pennsylva nia, looking for timber land for a syn dicate of capitalists. COAST CULLINGS. a'08! Principally to . Washington iernwjiy uuu vtuuuriuu. An unknown man was drowned in the b.iy at Seattle. The Fire Department of San Fran cisco costs about $30,000 a mouth. Joseph Sw.uter, of Yreka, was fa tally shot by the accidental discharge of a gun. A failure to vaecimto is punished at Phasuix, A. T., by $300 tine or six months in jail. Wages of deep water sailors at San Francisco have leeu advanced from $20 to $30 per mouth. A young man named George Ahrens was drowned while bathing in Hang man creok, near Spokane Falls. Flovd Sc Mackay contributed $5,000 to the relief fund of tho Virginia mi ners. This swells the fund to $25,000. A. J. Knott and Millard O. Lowns dale have purchased the Arlington sil ver mine, iu the Cuuir d'Alenu region, for $-10,000. Dayton, W. T.. will build another woolen mill. Enough money has been subscribed. Tho old mill burned down three years ago. Mrs. H. G. Brainard committed sui cide at her residence in Pleasant Val ley, Idaho, by shooting herself through the head with a revolver. A Press Association is to bo organ ized in Idaho, and a meeting for ttiat purpose is called for tho 10th of Au gust, at Great Shoshone Falls. Wm. Gaby shot his wifo at Alturas, Cal., then shot himself. Mrs. Gabv j will probably recover, while the would- be murderer is expected to die. Catalina Island, two miles distant i from San Pedro, Cal., has been pur chased by a syndicato for $17U,H)0. It will be mado an immense summer re sort. Whitman county, W. T., has the smallest woman living. Slio resides tnreo nines irom l ine Uitv, is 'H years old, 21) inches high, and weighs 33 pounds. A man named Harvey I.angdon, a civil engineer, lately in the employ of the Seattle & West Coast Railway, committed suicide at Seattle by taking morphine. Two children of Thomas Waymock, of Thompson's Falls, Montana, aged rcsjK'ctively 3 years and 20 months, were burned to death while the house was destroyed. One thousand tin boxes, containing tho bones of dead Chinamen, nil roadv for shipment to tho Flowery Kingdom, j were lound in a liou so in uninaiown, John Mcl'loin has sued tho Oregon Tlie war cruiser Caroline bus sailed from Victoria. Her mission is to pro tect BritUh settlers from any un friendly acts on the part of the Amor-! lean authorities in Behnng sea. On Joseph Hathaway's ranch, near Beckwith, Cal., an artesian well at a depth of 350 feet struck water which flows 180 gallons per minute, hot enough to cook an egg in eight min utes. At Seattle J. Schreibring refused the command of two highwaymen to throw up his hands and was Bhot iu the neck. The robbers then tied. The sheriff has offered a reward of $500 for their cap ture. The remains of Rev. Starr King have been removed from the church yard on Geary street, San Francisco, to tho Masonic conietery, where it is proposed -to erect a $50,000 monument to his memory. At Mountain View, Cal., a boiler of a threshing machine engino on the farm of B. H. Martin exploded, killing Edwin T. Carn, the engineer, and Louis Salicita, tho fireman, and several others wero slightly injured. attle. He was returning homo from tho city, whero he had been attending church. Tho Wonchow river in China has j overflowed its banks, submerging miles of territory. J lioiuands of persons are believed to have boon drowned. The sufferings of survivors are do scribed as terrible. Cliu Chow City in submerged, its inhabitants having taken to boats. A special from Greenwood, Miss., says: Threo negro children wero burned to death near Tchuhi. Their parents went to church, leaving four children in the house. The eldest, aged 10, seta lighted lamp near the bed, which caught lire, and three chil dren wero burned to death. The United States Assay Office at Boiio City, received for assay,' and pur chased, during tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, 33,280 ounces of gold bullion, valued at $157,338 21). Dur ing the same period of 1880 the re ceipts wero 7,010 ounces, valued at $122,230 85, showing an increase in the business of tho office this year over last of nearly 300 per cont. John and Garlie Whito, sons of Dr. G. A. White, county physician, aged 12 and 9 years respectively, went out dove shooting near Sacramento, John was in advance, nnd carrying a shot gun over his left arm, when in some manner the weapon was discharged, striking his brother in the head and killing him instantly. The entire top of his head was blown off. PRETTY ORNAMENTS. How Picture froni'lllint intrd Pnprri Cnn rniturrrrrit to Wood. A great many of tho panel picture which serve .is interim- decorations for cars and steamboat saloons, and which have n frequently been admired for thou- artistic beauty, are first trans forrcd to tlie wood from ordinary illus trations in the pictorial panels and painted by the artist afterward. 11 i no process h simple, and can be done by most any boy or girl of ordinal' iiiieiugvnce. Poplar wood is regarded as the beit for the foundation, as its Mil-race is oven after lieing planed, and it is not so porous as pine, and is there lore less m)h to absorb the ink-mark upon it. Select any picture that the fanev may suit from some illustrated paper, sav ""'". a nnuseapo or marine scene. Cut. it out of tho paper, clip oft uic superuiioiiN portaons around the edges, and lay it upon the board, loav ing aljont un inch margin all around on tun hoard. YY hen the picture is trans f .l !.! . .... "" iiiiii-gni uiav no gilded or stained, which gives tho picture tho ap poar.mee oi neiug inclosed in a frame The board must be thoroughly dry and . ..1 1 r . , . " .... - nimoihii, sum uvo irom Knots. The sur face should then be gone over with thin coating of copal varnish (which can he purchased at almost any paint store;, evenly laid on. The picture to be transferred, firs immig a care 10 see that no creases or wrinkles are iu it. should be placed upon the hoard upside down that with the face of the picture to the board. Having accomplished tin much, tho hoard and picture should then he put. away to dry, am securely cm ered with some light Mull, io uevciii. uic nii'i irom settling upon . . it i .... H. I lie drying should notbe forced by ariiueiai means, such as facing near tlie Move, as it is liable to blister and destroy the client of tho picture. Let it remain in this condition until it .1 .. It i .i inoroiigiiiyiin : iiiou. with a hue sponge slightly dampened with water, go slowly over the back of the paper. The paper will conic oil easily. leaving the picture upon the surface ot the wood. With box of paints, a bov or girl may thus have a handsome picture that will last tor years. The picture, however, iu the original transfer to the wood, without any add! tion of paint to enhance its beauty makes a very pretty ornament. Shields medallions, easels and ovals can hi shaped out of the wood for .small pic tures, which tiirnisli attractive orna incuts for tahl-t.1 and mantle-nieces. i Golden )ttx. TOO MANY STUDIES. Tim C'rai in iitlntr rroo-ss In C'nl ami Itralll-l'diclllL' In tint I'lilillc SrliooU. One of tho greatest mistakes mad in our present system of educating children is that they are given ton manv siidjccis lo siuuy in once. 1 lie power 1 dissociation that is. ot keeping oik subject entirely clear of another stib- J''1'1 is not great in tho munis ot chil dren. Thev therefore have a mass of confused ideas when thev have got through with their daily taNks. which it is always difficult, and sometimes ini possible, fur theni to separate one from the other. It is true thiil sonic chil dren arc, from the beginning, able to concentrate the attention lirst on out . . . . .i , . . , suoieci aim men on aiioiucr; nut uicse are quite exceptional instances, and the brain is very likely to bo strained in the effort. It is as though a person should spend six hours iu looking al ternately through a telescope and a mi croscope, giving a few minutes to each It would certainly be found at the end of that lime that the sight had been injured for the time being, at least, and if the practice should be continued there can be no doubt that permanent impairment of vision would be the re sult. Tin- effort to form and maintain clear and forcible ideas of several subjects at once is a dilliciilt matter, oven for adults. It has been found by experience that it is advantageous to reduce the number of branches of medical science which students are required to study simultaneously. Several of the better class of medical colleges iu this country a few vears ago cut down the list of from eight or ten to less than half the number, and extended the period of study from two sessions of four months each to three of from six to eight months. I speak from personal exper ience when I -ay that 1 am aware of the most lamentable results of the "cram ming" process hi medical students. I have been a teacher iu medical schools for nearly twenty-live years. Iu the ('a'tirso of my examinations it has often happened that I have put a question in one branch of medicine to a candidate for graduation and have received an answer in an entirely different branch. How much better it would be for the future man or woman if the boy or girl, instead of being required to learn a dozen different subjects at once, should have the number reduced to two, or at most three! . William A. llammond, in I'viulur Science Monthly, Proper Indignation. Chappie, I was gwossly insulted to day, doncher know," remarked Fitz perey. "Ahlhowdiditoccuh, medeah boy?" inquired Do Sappy. "I went to buy a hat, you see. and I .disked the eweaeliah.at thestoh: 'Ah, what sold of a hat do you think would suit mo?" and the wuteh replied, as bwnzeii as you please, A soft one, sir.' " "Did you wesent the insult? "Yaas, pwotnptly." "How did you wesont It?" "I said 'Wats!' weal loud and iilamtnod tho door as I went out,"- I'illslurgh L'hroukle Tekyruph. CHINESE P TRACY. tlow Vlc.tl:il Coriilri Comltirt Ttirlr No liiriotu Put I'rolltuliln Trnlllr. Piracy on the high seas is now. fortunately, a i-rinio long since dead among European nations. We must go back to the early period of Marryat and Cooper if we desire to know of the atrocities and iniquities committed by the hordes of lawless ruffians who used to infest the sea at the beginning of the present century and carry on their merciless business of butchery and plunder. Our brethren in the Celestial Hnipire, however, are slow to remove evils, and piracy with them seems to die hard. Reports occasionally reach this country of some European vessel being attacked in Chinese waters by the natives; but, fortunately, owing to the extreme cowardice usuaily displayed bv the attacking party, those attempted depredations do not often lead to any serious result. The China sea is. principally, the happy hunting-ground of theo das tardly pirates; and nature seems to have adapted it specially for that particular purpose. The China Sea is, in many places, exceedingly shallow, strong cur rents sweep along its course; while num erous islands, with wooded creeks, dot ted here and there, afford capital shelter and points of observation for piratical junks to lie iu ambush, until some unsuspecting merchantman shall heave iu sight. Vessels ;u traversing these seas, except during the season of the monsoons, have often to contend against dead head-winds or calms that hist for ihivs and days. During these periods sailing ships have frequently, if in proximity to land, to east anchor, to prevent being carried ashore by the various swift, and coullicting currents, and at such times present capital op portunities for the marauders of the seas to carry out their nefarious desiirns. Although as the Chinese pirate is, as a rule, a most abject coward where Europeans are concerned, he is. al least, capable of striking terror into thi' hearts of Ins countrv men; and a coupl of pirate junks, mounting but a singl two-pounder gun between them, havi been known to blockade a port of four thousand inhabitants, and to plunder every ship that passed. In anothc ease a pirate gang of Ihc hundred, who had yielded to a iminIi of twenty or thirty bluejackets, had previously defied a native force ot one thousand live him drcd troops and forty war junks Diivctly, however, a small gunboat. manned by Europeans, appeared upon the scene, their career was at an end. Chinese piracy is, at times, almost a business. A pirate merchant, in tin wholesale wav, will infest certain vil lages on the seaboard or islands. Hi will keep lifleen or twenty junks, with a corresponding retinue of ruilians. and when he has secured his plunder, he stores it in safeh. A pirate in a small way of business, having once made good haul, will divide the spoil, and then his followers immediately disperse forVarot an attack from another gang. I he old saying of "dog eat dog" an plies with striking force to the trans. actions of these plunderers ofthe China sea. .hi lite lenr Jioiimt. R.IVAL ROBBER BANDS. llillliiK 0MrulloiiH of Two IIiiiiiN of Alld- ulclit MiuiriiiHli'i-it In 1'iirlH. Mime rcceni, nurgiaries winch were committed in the suburbs, and the per petralorsof which were arrested, have led to the discovery of two bands of midnight inaiiraudcrs, whoso exploits me worthy of record by a Sue. Two leading representatives of Parisian rascaldom, respectively named Poussin and Bouloiinc, hud founded two rival schools oi niirgiarv. j ne i'oiissimsts broke into an isolated villa, the ordln- uy occupant of which (an olllcer) was ibseut. Being unable to carry away all their plunder during the night, they returned to the charge toward morning, only to find their rivals, tint ltoutou- uists. installed in their places. There upon a row eusucd among the robbers. 'flic disused arms which were hung up is monuments in theollieers museum were taken down from their pegs, and (ie combatants attacked each other nergctically with sabers, the butts if muskets and old-fashioned arms, such as halberds and battle-axes. Tim sight of llowing blood, however, soon damped the ardor of the antagon istic thieves, and thev also feared that Ifie noise of the struggle would be hoard by the police. A treaty of peace was accordingly entered into, .-mil the whole gang cemented their union by a grand banquet, iu the villa at the expense, of ouiMsof its absent owner, whose larder mil wine-cellar were reiiiiisitiourd tn nine purpose. I'outonne, one of the hiefs, drank six bottles of champagne tin! one of cognac, after which, being in doubt unable to oblige the company villi a song or a recitation, he nmuseil lis companions by turning somersets ivcr the chairs and tables, anil doing (he Gallic equivalent for n double shulllc iu lop of an Era id piano. After this he amalgamated baud worked with the itmost boldness and energy indifferent ubiirbs of Pans. They did successful I n ikes of business in lonely houses, in- ariably ransacked the meat and wine Icpartments, and left grateful notes of icknowlcdgeiiient on the dluliig-rooni tables for the disconsolate proprietors. In oni! instance Poussiu and Boutoiiuu ongratiihiteil a despoiled house-owner in tho excellence of Ids poultry, and promised to return iu order to render the customary visito du digestion. The hole of this audacious band, number- lug about twcnty-livo men, has been irrcsted. Poussin is an old zouave, and ISoiitonne Is a good-for-nothing date-. evil of highly respectable origin, who was educated in the School of Arts and Manufacture!!. 1'arii heller. TOBACCO CULTURE. Illll Njro Contribute: III nil to tn Hurnln (Jurstlon of thn l)ii)-. AsitKVii.u:, N. C No doubt soma of the linest flavored smoking tobacco in the world is grown in this region and manufactured In this State. It is a. bright and beautiful golden color, as thin as tissue paper, and smells well while feeding itself to the devouring element. Tobacco has been known to our raco for about four centuries, and during that time it has made wonderful strides. It is a sad thing to think of the suf fering that existed throughout tho length and breadth of tho land before tobacco was discovered. 'Tobacco is grown upon, the rich, red hillsides of North Carolina and Vir ginia by means of agriculture. Tim Vonotian-reil soil of the South has to bo fertilized before it will product much tobacco. The best fertilizer is tho handiwork of Signor Guano, of Pom, whose works are very popular in the South. The soil is then tickled with tho hoe. and African humorists who can amnso a plantation in this way readily cmu inand a salary of alnnit seven dollars, per month. Fertilizing is quite expensive, and it requires a good crop to get even on the year's expenditures for labor, fertiliz ers, etc. One man I heard of the other day sold his crop two weeks ago, and still lacked $ I.I s.'i of having enough In pay off Mr. Guano. Such things as these do much to dis courage the use of agriculture as a means of relaxation in the South. Tobacco is a strong, growing, her baceous, fu..v annual, rising frequent ly to a height of Nix feet unless previ ously "topped." The only ornament worn by the adult tobacco plant is a targe, iiuck-sci worm, which may in secured by imbedding him between tho leavi s of Mr. Webster's verbose dic tionary and then deftly closing the vol ume. On opening the liook years after ward the still features of the worm may still be detected. Tobacco is not sold at tho South by the producer at a regular price per pound, but he hauls it into the ware house, and when there is a break, or sale, his tobacco is sold at auction, though sometimes it is bought at pri vate sale. The pinhookor is a peculiar fcnttiro ef the private sale business. Pin hookers work iu threes. Pinhookor A goes to the horny-handed producer and says: "I will give, you $H0 for your lot; tobacco is falling a little to-day, and I will not hold that offer good more than an hour." The producer refuses to accept the offer. Pretty soon Piuhonker B comes up to him and says: "I'll oiler you $08 for your lot if you give nic a reply soon. What do you say?" 'fhe planter gets a little scared over the falling market, but refuses to soil. Then C comes iu and offers. $00 if ac cepted promptly, and tlie now thor oughly frightened toiler rushes around to tint! A and accept his offer. But A says it is too late the market is too shaky. He then scours the promises for B, who reluctantly takes tho goods nt about. $1' less than they tiro worth. This is another reason why tho domain of agriculture at the South is nowiarely Invaded by tho white man. Tobacco is used iu tho preparation of snuff, line-cut tobacco and plug to bacco. It is frequently used also t flavor cigars, and sometimes in tho hot tor graiie of cigarettes. Tim exports of tobacco from 1850 to 187o increased from $6, 127, 2.1 iu vuluo to .!28.o 17,8(52. Ten years ago tho in ternal revenue from tobacco was near ly -10,000,000. For years if has been a favorite amusement on the part of the United States to jerk a few millions of revenue now and then out of the poor' tobacco agriculturist and sock the amount into the various avenues whore tho great sausage grinder of government need ed morn means. That is tlie reason "why so many nickel cigars are being sacrificed uttho rate of two for a quarter. Oilier information rogardlng tho great tobacco industry is liable to fol low close upon tho heels of this treatise. Hill Xye, in Boston Globe. GENERAL. New York Statu produced 11.003. 000 bushels of wheat last year from C80.-I!).') acres. The Dauvers yellow onion, intro duced to American growers iu 1819 or 1850, is just coming to bo appreciated iu European gardens. The Puritan rose, tho latest pro duction of the queen of flowers, hits :u compact blossom, Is of a delicate creamy white, and will last for days. Fifty thousand tons of soot wero taken from Loudon chimneys lastyear. Its value was sot at two hundred and four thousand dollars as a fui tili.or. Mrs, Mary Savage, of Groonwood.. Mass., has a daughter, granddaughter, great granddaughter, and great-groat- graiiihlaughler all residing Iu Norway, Me. It is an unbroken line of females of live generations. 1'holr ages nro as follows: First, eighty-four; second, llfty-slx; third, thirty-six; fourth, .seven teen; tilth, eight months. Umlon. Journal. A San Francisco statistician de monstrates that ;i;t:i,000 pounds of opium aro smuggled into the Facih'o slope every year, entailing u nf duties to tho Govuriimont of over $3,- 000,000 a year. As each Chinaman In, California smokes four pounds of tha drug annually, it is probable that a - it'ge amount of tuts smuggled odium must bo charged to that race.