TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Ab
Epilorae of the
Events
Now
Attracting Public
Interest
Judge nen, oi aimneapolis, was
elected Conimande'r-ui Chief of the G.
.. A. R.
Polydore do Keyecr, Esq., a Roman
Cntholic, haa bee elected Lord Mayor
of London.
Smith Hetlicrine,ton,of Nevada City,
Oil., was blown to pieces by the explo
sion of giant powder.
It, is reported from London that
Jennie Lind has had a stroke of gen
eral pninlysis. Her mind is unim
paired. The President has appointed Whit
taker M. Grant, of Iowa, to be Attorney
of the United States for tho District of
AJaska.
A French fishing boat has been sunk
in the British channel by a collision,
liightecn of the persons aboard were
drowned.
The yacht Volunteer ncain defeated
the Thistle. No sporting event for
years has been watched with such in
terest as the above race.
George Francis Train has interested
himself in behalf of the condemned
Chicago anarchists. He is making
rambling, incoherent speeches.
A Chinese transport has been wrecked
on one of the Pescadore Islands, and
300 soldiers and the captain and crew,
with tho exception of one man, wore
drowned.
John Swinton has declined the nom
ination of the Progressive Labor Party
for Secretary of State, of New York, on
nccount of poor health. J. Ii. Hull
has-been chosen in his place.
In the United States Court at St.
Louis, Miss Phoebe W. Couzins took
the-oathof olficens United States Mar
shal, to succeed her deceased father.
Judges Miller and Brewer were on the
bench, and the former benevolently
expressed the hope that during her
term of cilice the new marshal may
not have to hang anybody. Miss
Couzins is tho lirot woman who has
ever held the oflice of marshal.
Alfred Warner, of Trenton township,
Kenny county, Iowa, wont to a shanty
on his farm occupied by his (laughter,
Mrs. Nancy Black. Finding the doors
fastened, ho entered through a window
and was horrified to discover the dead
bodies of Mrs. Black and her two
children, aged 11 and 13, on a bed.
Word was immediately sent to tho cor
oner at Mount Pleasant. He sum
moned a jury who decided that Mrs.
Black murdered her children and then
committed suicide by taking arsenic.
A miraculous csenpc from a horrible
-death occurred in a sawmill at Ta
coma, W. T. F. W. Sullivan, boss
mechanic, was engaged in repairing
the saw dust carriage when tho ma
chinery started up and an endless chain
commenced to move. In some manner
.Sullivan became entangled in the
chain, and was hurried along toward
the mill, and forced through an apera
ture but eight inches square, out of
which sawdust is forced. His escapo
from instant death was deemed most
marvelous by those who witnessed it.
At Hamilton, Ont., Win. Nicholas'
two daughter, Alice, aged 12, and Su
sie, .aged S years, were taken with
symptoms of typhoid fever, and a doc
tor prescribed some white powder.
Each took one of tho powders and
both died. The physician thought he
had administered quinine but the
druggist clerk had put up morphine
powders. Mrs. llymal, of Mill Grove,
4ilso died suddenly. She was tho doc
tor's patient and was given some of
tho fatal drug. As the doctor has a
largo practice in tho country, and
chills and fever hnvo been provision t,
other cases may yet come to light.
A woman recently arrived at New
York, calling herself Caroline P.
Guelph, who claims to bo a daughter
of Queen Victoria. She tays the has
only recently discovered her parentage,
having been educated in a Paris con
vent, and receiving regularly from
England a liberal allowance of monoy.
It was only when this allowance was
suddenly discontinued that she investi
gated its sourco and discovered her
royal lineage. In support of her claim
he says she has letters fioin John
Brown and Englishmen of high rank
who are in tho confidence of the Queen.
Iho woman bears a wonderful likeness
to the pictures of Victoria.
A terrible domestic tragedy occurred
sit Haverhill, Mass. Two ypars ago,
Emma, eldest daughter o' Junes II.
Abbott, n dissolute shoo-makor, mar
ried against his will. Ho never forgave
lier. Whilo tho rest of tho family wore
absent she camo to tho house to nurse
Mrs. Hicks, her father's invalid aunt.
Coming home, filled with nun, and
finding her alone with tho sick woman,
Abbott brained her with an ax and
then blew his brains out. Unablo to
prevent tho crime or givo an alarm,
r Mrs. Hicks had to remain over an
hour with the deaiF. When tho family
returned and discovered tho crime tho
unfortunate woman was a raving
maniac.
The worst wreck that over occurred
on tho Mobile and Ohio Railroad hnj
pened near Jackson, Tonn. An ontiro
passenger train, except tho engine,
was hurled fioni a trestle while run
ning forty-five miles an hour, and ovor
thirty persons were injured, though,
by what seems almost a miraclo, none
were killed. Tho coaches were thiown
forty -feet from tho track, nnd somo
turned completely over. Tho scene
was almost indoscribablo, women and
children screaming for help and re
lease from the closed cars. All were,
however, rescued, nnd medical attend
ance given. Of tho injured four or
five may die; ton others uro in n
. toilUUS UUIlUlllOll, MIIU lliu huiiv.
we only slightly injured.
COAST CULLINGS.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.
Ben Boyd was shot by Bums Lithcre
at Healdsburg, Cal.
Mariano Elias, n wealthy Mexican,
was killed at Nogales, A. T.
J. T. Brown was shot and killed by
Wm. Purvis near Flacerville, Cal.
Sexton it Ellsworth's sawmill, in
Colfax, W. T., was burned with a loss
of $6,000.
11. H. Odair. a prominent citizen of
Riverside, Cal., was found dead in his
room at a hotel.
Hugo Faschnor, of San Francisco,
killed h nut-oil to escape creditors who
were bothering him.
Two boys named West, aged 7 and
11 years, were drowned in Imw'u river,
near La Center, W. T.
James Fisher, a miner workinir in
the Vancouver Company's mine, was
instantly killed by a fall of coal.
The President has appointed Chas.
M. Force, of Kentucky, to be Receiver
of Public Monevs at Lewiston, Idaho.
George H. Gordon, a wealthy young
Englishman, was accidently 'killed
whilo hunting near Laramie," Wyom
ing. Colonel M. E. Ball, U. S. Attorney
for Alaska, died on board tho Aneoii
on its last trip from Alaska, of pneu
monia. Fourteen hundred tons of ore are
shipped daily from Anaconda, Mon
tana, and 510 men find regular em
ployment. Alfred Haas, a despondent restau
rant proprietor, ended his troubles by
blowing out his brains with a revolver
at San Francisco.
The notorious shell-came swindler,
McAvoy, was shot, probably fatally, by
a stranger whom ho had swindled at
Santa Monica, Cal.
Tho freight houo and five cars wore
burned at Battle Mountain, Nevada.
The tiro was started by a tramp who
was put oil a train.
Win. Watten, driver of a street car,
was Kicked by a horse at Sacramento
and instantly killed. Docoascd's famiy
lived near Stockton.
Two young men named McArdlo
and Heardon, from San Jose, were
murdered in bed in Indian valloy,
Monterey county, Cal.
A man was killed at Silver City,
Idaho, by falling from a trestle and
breaking his neck. His name was
Alexander Ducheneau.
At San Francisco Otto Mauser, aged
17 years, was instantly killed by fall
ing under a loaded cart, the wheels of
which passed over the boy's head.
Sprague is to have a .$20,000 mill.
Tho merchants guaranteed 50,000
bushels of wheat as an inducemont for
tho location of the mill at Sprague.
Dr. Davidson Scott, a prominent
physician of Spokane Falls, committed
suicide. His wife had recently died,
and this fact with loss of money led to
the deed.
Joseph Trotier, a teamster, tied his
team near tho river bank and went in
bathing, near Stockton, Cal. He
stepped into a tteep hole and was
d rowncd.
Captain J. D. Young, city editor of
the Sacramento Jlcord-Uiiion, has been
appointed State Printer by Governor
Waterman. Yorng was State Printer
under Governor Perkins.
Arthur Weston, aged 21, was drowned
while crossing the Sacramento river in
a boat, near Orland, Cal. He and his
1 i I 1
ormner jtaiik woro crossing on a
hunting trip, when their boat capsized.
Frank swam ashore.
Customs Officer C. J. Milks, of Ta
eoma, has made a soizure of '1,000 ma
nila cigars, lound secreted in tho hold
of tho bark Discovery, that recent v
arrived from Honolulu. They had not
paid duty as required by law.
Michael Dolan, a laborer, residing
at Turlock, Cal., was killed whilo work
ing on a railroad bridge across tho
Stanislaus river, by getting his head
botween two timbers. The engine
tartc-d ahead, amming tho timbers
together and crushing his head.
The body of a well dressed man,
about 35 years of age, was found in
tho Catholic cemetery at Marysville,
Cal. He had committed euicido by
shooting himself through the heart
with a revolver. He is reported assay
ing his homo was in .Eastern Oregon.
Midway between Lewiston and Aso
tiiij Idaho, is a large basaltic cliff,
which is tho homo of a countless
swarm of swallows. They not only
have possessed themselves of every
hole, nook and cranny, but have
studded almost tho entire face of the
immense wall with their nests, which
must number away up in tho millions.
Benway, nlias'Nino Pipes, a bad In
dian and horse thief, had hitherto con
fined his depredations to horso steal
ing on tho reservation until recently,
when ho stole another Indian's wife
and carried her oil to Butte, Montana.
A few days ago lie ventured back to
tho reservation, and policeman Antoino
Kicking Horso arrested him nnd took
him before Chief Arlee, who personally
administered to the culprit 150 lashes.
Eight small boys, all botween the
ages of oight and twelve years old,
boarded a Miiall and leaky ecow in
San Francisco bay, and soon drifted
far out iuto tho stream. A strong obb
tide carried the boat scawnid and it
was lost to sight in the darknoss before
the alarm was given. Parties started
out immediately nnd soarched most of
tho night, and the following morning
they were picked up by an Italian
fishormnn just outsido of tho heads
and taken back to tho city. All were
cold, hungry and wet from the night's '
exposure, but not Buffering otherwise.
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted to the Interests of Farmers
and Stockmen.
I-'immUiic Hoi-MCa.
If the stomach of tho horso were
more fully understood its feeding
would bo more carefully attended to.
Tho benefit that conies from food
comes through the process of digestion
that is carried on in tho stomach, and
oven whilo the process of feeding is
going on. In comparison with tho ox,
the stomach of tho horso is quiio small.
It in claimed that the stomach of the
ox has a capacity of 250 quarts, while
that of tho liorso is onlv about sixteen
quarts; so as n consequence whatever
is in uie siomacn niter it is lined must
bo expelled into the intestines if feed
ing is continued. In that case, if the
process of digestion is incomplete tho
result is an expulsion of the food with
out serving the purpose for which it is
intended. For that reason in the use
of concentrated food in connection
with coarse fodder, there must bo an
xcrcise of judgement or tho feeding
will do little good. Thus oats may bo
fed to a horso nnd followed by hay to
such an extent as to expel tho o.its
wholly from tho stomach, in which
case t.ic only benefit derived is from
the amount of digestion going on dur
ing tho period of eating. The office of
the stomach being to digest tho nitro
genous portion of tho fcod, and as a
stomach full of oats contains about
four or five times ns much nitrogenous
matter as when filled with hay, either
the stomach must secret its gastric
juico iivo times as fast or the period of
digestion must be five limes as long.
If a concentrated food like oats is to be
fed with hay tho latter should bo fed
first and then the grains, thus giving
ample time for ""digestion between
feeding.
Ilotv to Save nrleii Heed.
Peas and beans should be loft on
tho vinos until tho pods arc well
wiinkled, when they should be picked
and spread until they are quite dry.
Small quantities may bo shelled by
hand, large crops are thteshed with a
Hail. Keep them in a dry place.
Melon, cucumber, so uaeh and nunin-
kin seeds should be taken only from
ripe, perfect shaped specimens. In a
small way tho seeds may bo simply
taken out, spread out on plates or tins
and dried. L irger quantities have to
bo washed boforo drying, to romovo
tho slinio that adhers to them. When
tho seeds are thoroughly dried, lie
them in bags, and keep in a dry place
secure from mice and rats.
Beets, parsnips, turnips, carrots,
onions, cauliflower and cabbage will
not produco seed until tho second
year. Set out in early May strong,
woii-miuureu pianis oi last season's
crop. When tho seed is ripe, cut tho
stalks and put under covor to dry, then
beat out tho seeds and tio in paper
bags.
Seeds of all kinds should bo fully
ripo when gathorod, but it is also im
portant to harvest them as soon as they
aio ripo. For keoping small quanti
ties of seeds, paper bags aro preferable
to cloth, as they afford better protec
tion against moisture and insects.
Always mark each package with tho
naino of the seed contained in it, and
tho year in which it grow. Cold does
not injure tho vitality of seeds, bul
moist uro is detrimental to all kinds.
Those who feed grain in addition to
grass, nnd feed it intelligently, so fai
ns wo have ever 'hoard them give an
opinion, believe that it pays. One
prominentMeeder says that he finds
that it requires oniy half as much
nun iu iuiien an annum on grass as
it docs to latton on it in winter or dry
ioou.
ot, muddy feet and legs aro fully
as injurious to tho lower orders of ani
mal life as they aro to men. Instinct
teacl)es tho animal in a state of naturo
to avoid such unwholesome exposures,
but man has obliged them to grovol in
such miserable places and is thoroforo
responsible for tho results.
Finely chopped clover hay moist
ened with water that has been slightly
salted, and sprinkled with corn meal,
maKes an excellent food for old stock
that cannot woll masticate hay. It
should be fed in connection with mixed
ground grain also, with a small allow
anco of linseed meal.
Store beets, carrots, parsnips and
turnips in bins in tho cellar, and pack
them in dry sand or earth and thoy
win Keep won lor winter use. This
method will enable tho farmer to uso
them at any timo, which will not bo
tho case if they bo stored in mounds
in tho open air.
Give to the cows nono but the beBt
and purest food. With no other stock
is this to essential, for tho reason that
it has beon fully demonstrated by com
petent authorities that tho milk is n
cry prolific sourco of trnnsinittintr
diboa6o gorms from impure food.
Hogs are excellent gloanors of wheat
fields. We hnvo never observed any
ill offects upon tho animals if (bore is
plenty of clovor and water as well as
somo wheat in tho field. Sheop, on
tho othor hand, wo should hardly care
to trust on tho stubble.
A few lumps of charcoal with a box
of wood ashes placed in tho hog pon
will provont many ills arising from in
digestion iu hogs. Tho charcoal should
bo fresh. Old charcoal may be ro
nowed by heating it in tho stove for n
few minutes.
A chenp nnd excellent mixture for
colds in jKiultry : "Put a tablespoon
ful of tar in a quart bottle, nnd 20 drops
of carbolic acid nnd one teaspoonful of
crude petroleum. Add hot water,
shake woll before using, and give a tea
spoon ful."
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OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Intorest in a
Condensed Form.
A Board of Trade has been organized
ai jMeuloru.
A black bear weighing 400 pounds
was Kilted near Asuina.
1 ho receipts of the State Fair foot
up to botween M ,000 and $15,000
At Grant's Pass about 200 pupils are
in allcndanco at the public schools.
Tho Bandou Recorder has suspended
publication until tho arrival of an
editor.
The corner stone of the new Masonic
hall at
Pendleton was laid bv tho
Grand Lodiro.
A majority of the farmers around
Prinoville are sowing wheat instead of
rye this fall for hay.
Adolph Dauth took a dose of "Rough
on Rats," with suicidal intent, and
died in a Portland hotel.
A largo school building is being
erected at Newport. It will bo sixty
loot long and tlnrty-six feet wide
Jas. Johnson's barn, near Carlton,
was burned by tramps with nil itsi eon
tents, including several horses; loss,
;j,uuu.
Linkville is to have a court houso to
cost !jw,500, which, when completed.
will bo the most costly building in tho
county.
Airou Broylcs, a pioneer farmer of
Columbia county, was accidently shot
and Killed by his grandson near St.
Helens.
A. Wood's sawmill, near Hood river,
was binned with its contents. The
loss was $1S,000, with but .$11,000 in
surance., .-a i.-
J. E. Logan, who has a ranch on
tho Claskanino, killed a catamount
near his house, measuring seven feet
eleven inches.
Charles Mancict, aged 21), was shot
and instantly killed by a drunken
man named Win. Dillon, in tho Argo
naut saloon, Portland.
Two Swiss families have bought 220
acres of the Starkweather farm near
Oswego, for $11,000, and will placo it
in the highest state of cultivation.
R. E. Maple, tho murderer of 1). I.
Corker, at Lafayette, has boon ro
sontenced to hang. Tho death will bo
fixed by tho judge in tho death war
rant. There are several cases of diphthoria
at Roseburg. Two deaths from tho
dreadful diseaso hnvo occurred, and it
is feared several others will not re
cover. Jason Wheclor, Indian Agont at tho
Warm Springs reservation, has ten
dered his resignation on acoount of a
dispute between him and sottlers ovor
a boundary lino.
Dr. S. W. McDowell, who has mado
himself famous by contesting the elec
tion of various congressmen, judges,
etc., was committed to the insane asv-
lum lroni Salem.
An application has been made for a
postoflico at tho North Fork bridgo
over me .toini u.y river, near tho lino
between Umatilla and Grant, counties
The now postoflico will bo named Dor
man, and will bo in Umatilla county.
J no blato Press Association moots
at Albany on October 1-1. J. B. Fithian
of tho Portland World, will deliver tho
annual address, and Sam Simpson an
original poem. Others will deliver
short addresses. It promises to bo an
interesting event.
Tho Portland Board of Trade com
rnntteo has raised $.'.020 for the nur-
poso oi sluicing out St. Helens and
Walker's Island bars. Tho O. It. tfc N
Co. subscribed nearly one-half tho
amount. The steamer Walla Walla
will bo put to work at once.
4 AAT Hrl'..1i .
j. . mcuoiiiiKi. a toiecrapii on-
erator, fell into tho river at tho foot of
D 6treot, Portland, nnd was drowned
Hugh Brady, a 'longshoreman who re
covered tho body, has rescued or re
uiMiueu im.y persons irom mo river
during his residonco of several years in
rortiand.
I ho running expenses of Morrow
county for tho past year were about
$13,000. Tho indebtedness to Uma
tilla county was paid last year in scrip,
upon wiucn h per cont. is being paid.
This amounted to $5,800. The as
sessor found $1,100,000 of taxable prop
erty in Morrow county this year, boing
nearly $1100,000 more than last.
Tho United States mail on route No.
11,212, from Baker City to Canvon
City, was robbed by two mnakod high
waymen. Three locked pouches woro
taken, also money and a watch from
the passengers. Tho point whore tho
robbery took placo was twontv-fivo
miles southwest of Auburn. Tho
pouches taken have not vet boon re
covered.
Last fall a car on tho narrow gaugo
went over tho incline at Fulnuartz
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lauiiing into tno viiiamotto rivor,
where it remained until last winter.
when tho floods of tho Willamette lifted
it out of tho mud and carried it ovor
tlio falls at Oregon City. Hero a steam
boat fastened to it and towed it to an
incline at Oregon City, where it was
got out, not much tho worso for its
swjm down tho river.
About a third of tho whole State of
Orogon yet romains unsurveyed, and
thoro is only $3,000 appropriated for
surveying public land in this state this
year. '1 ho surveys this year will com
prise three fractional townships near
Bjrns, Grant county, in all about 95
miles. Nour Random Coos county.
about 15 miles will bo run to closo
somo nliniBhed work. Near Chetco,
Ourry county, 178 miles will bo done;
near Onion Poak, Clatsop county. 127
miles; about Fall crook, Luno county,'
miles, and near iworeiico, Lane
county, 92 miles. . This will probably
uo up tho appropriation.
"GETTING NEW COINS.
Vlieri tlip Ilrlclit Prnnlr Como I'roin
nnil llnw Tlirj- nrf ClrculntiMt.
"Where do the now pennies come
from?"
The question is aked daily. Every
one has a dimly defined idea that tlun
aro turned out of tho United States
mint, but under what conditions they
are put into circulation few pcopb
seei i to know. Boss W. Drum, cashim
of the Tfidesmeii'.s National bank.
United Slates depository for Pittsburgh
was aske l the question tho other dav
"Any one can get them by applying
to inn i niieu Mates i roasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, and sending th
money." The Treasury regulations on
the subject of minor coins read thin:
Inn 1 ivinurer and As-tistant Treas
urer will pay out for lawful money ain
minor coin not needed in the current
business of their unices.
u ine natiKs put. most ot tlicin in
circulation?"
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ih now. i uev iormeriv did, onto
late years many mercantile houses have
been making a practice of getting their
own pennies from tho Treasury De
partment. This was rendered neces
sary in making change by tho practice
oi iiiiiKing prices iu odd numbers, as
ninety-nine cents, forty-nine cents and
Minimi prices, l ins of course puts a
large number oi pennies iu circulation
and the stores must havetheni on hand.
nnd they have taken to buying their
pennies in large amounts."
"How is other coin procured from
the mints?"
"Upon receiving an original eertlli
eateof tho Assistant. Treasurer in New
ork for a deposit of one hundred
dollars, or anv niultii.lo of one hundred
dollars, made for tho credit of the
Treasurer in general account, th
II Ml l.l . .
i rciisurer win cause a iikc amount in
gold eoin to be sunt from the mint ill
Philadelphia at the consignee's expense.
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upon i no reeeipi ot currency or
gold eoin Mie Treasurer w an Assistant
Treasurer will cause to be. paid to ap
plicants iu cities where their respective
olliees may be situated, standard silver
dollar-, in any required amounts. To
applicants outside of cities in which
the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer
may be situated, tho same will be
forwaided at the. expense of the Govern
ment in sums or multiples of live
hundred, upon receipt by tho Treasurer
oi an original eortnicalo issued by an
Assistant Treasurer or National bank
depository that a deposit of currency
or gold eoin has been made to the credit
of tho Treasurer on general account.
factional sure,' coin will bo for
warded from tho office nearest to the
place of the destination by express at
the expense of the Government iu sums
or multiples of five hundred dollars,
under the sanin conditions that govern
the issuance of silver dollars. Also by
tho 1 roasurer or Assistant Ireasurer,
by registered mail free of charge, in
sums or multiples of seventy dollars.
at the risk of tho party to whom sent,
uiioii receipt of currency or gold coin,
J'iltsburfh Dispatch.
PUBLIC OPINION.
Tho Most Powerful Inllitmtct ICxnrti-il
AcitliiHt lliiinun rrciKri'ii.
Public opinion is "collective medioc
rity." It finds expression in manner,
habits, usages, laws and literatures,
which react upon it and tend to "ivo it
comparative fixedness iu its elementary
characteristics, iu spite of its proverb
ial fickleness. This complex body of
thought, like an organism iu which
many parts coalesce and become co-ordinated
iu one structure, although sub
ject to modifications in the later accre
tions, becomes like "tho cake of ens
tour Hardened with age. It is not
strange, therefore, that in some of the
older countries, iike Cliimi, it is hardly
..fit .1 .
possioie ioi.ine reiormer io niiiKe so
much as a dent in public opinion, in
favor of the removal of barriers to
progress and the intiodiietion of the
ideas and methods of a more advanced
and progressive civilization.
j'ivon iu me niosi eniigiiioned com
munities to-tlav, public opinion is the
most powerful Inllueiice constantly ex
ertcd against intellectual development
and moral and social progress. It pre
vents free and impartial discussion of
unpopular views, and intimidates into
silence and conformity with prevailing
beliefs and observances tho great ma
jority of those who hold those views;
thus directly discouraging iiidepond
once, sincerity mid consistency of
thought and speech if not indeed mak
ing these, qualities the exception
among those who hold decidedly un
popular views, and silence or acqui
escence and a loinpoWzing course the
general rule.
All original thought must como from
Individuals. All great moral and so
eial reforms must receive their first im
pulse from the few and not from the
many. Nothing, therefore, is more
imperatively demanded iu tho interest
of progress, than the fi'oost and fullest
oxpre.ion of those . opinions which
clash with the conversation of the day,
as a counterpoise to the tendency of an
arbitrary and despotic public opinion to
make all think alike, mid thus to pro
duce "intellectual pence at the price of
intellectual death," It is not simply
the right, it is the duty of those in ad
vance of their fellow-men to speak their
hoiifst thought, mid iu a way to ho un
derstood. Loyalty to conviction nnd
courageous devotion to tho highest con
ceptions of truth, regardless of public
opinion or personal interests, is n de
mand of the times, both in public and
private life. There is u vast amount of
truth not likely to bo popularly re
ceived for n long tlmo and they who de
fend it, in splto of the pressure of pub
lic opinion, perform n service the value
of which can not be oYcrcstimuted.
Open Court.
SLEEPING WONDERS.
taU Areomplljlird l,jr Homo Men Whl!
In the AniM or Morplipn.
Sleep ill most individuals lasts for tho
space of eight hours. Exceptions fo
this statement aro numerous; whether
these arise from duty or laziness wo
shall not venturo to examine. Sir E.
Codrington, the famous naval officer,
when a midshipman, could watch
on deck for nineteen hours; thU
left only five for sleep, which in his
ea-e was most profound so profound
that no noise was sufficiently strong to
waken him; yet if the word "Signal!"
was whispered in his oar he awoke, and
was on deck instantly.
Reporters iu the House of Common
require groat exertions to keep theni
sohcx from sleeping. A few years ago
a distinguished member of the "gentle
men in the gallery" took down a speech
while asleep. His statement rests on
his oath. Calvin tells of a friend of hii
reading aloud to him while asleep.
The organ of vision was alone active.
Coleridge, the dreaming philosopher,
composed "Knbla Khan" (one of his
poems) while fast asleep. Next morn
ing he Wiis sure there had been an ac
quisition to his literature? hut was too
negligent, to write the stanzas. A few
da s afterwards ho attempted lo recall
the verses, but they had for tho most
part lied, and the poem as it nowstamU
is but a fragmont.
livery one knows that extreme fatiguo
induces sleep, and this iu spite of sur
rounding relations which, in ordinary
circumstances, would hinder any ono
from resting. Previous to the shorten
ing of the hours of work, factory chil
dren frequently fell asleep while work
ing at the machines, although well
aware that they would incur severe
puuiM'unent by doing so. The North
American Indian, at the stakis of tor
ture, has been known to go to s'eep on
the least remission of agony, nnd will
dumber until the lire is applied to
awaken him.
It is on record that, during the heat
of the battle of the Nile, some of tho
over-fatigued boys fell asleep upon tho
deck, and during the attack upon Uau
goon, in the Burmese war. the Captain
of one of the Meant frigates most act
tively engaged, worn out by the execs
of continued mental tension, fell asleep
mid remained perfectly unconscious for
two hours, witliin a yard of his largest
guns, which were being worked ener
getically the whole period.
Habit, and time, place mid circum
stances predispose us all to sleep. Tho
celebrated pedestrian. Captain Barclay,
when accomplishing his extraordinary
feat of walking one thousand miles hi
as many successive hours, obtained at
last such ii mastery over himself thatho
fell asleep tho instant ho lay down. Tim
doctor's wife never hears tho door-hell
diirinr the night, although tho noise is
stillieiout to rouse tho woariod husband;
hut should a child in the nursery cry,
then the mother, oblivious of all other
sounds, hours at once the infant's voice.
It is related that tho Abbe Faria, who
acquired notorioty through his power of.
inducing somnambulism, was accus
tomed merely to placo his patient in nir
armchair, after telling him to shut Ida
eyes and collect luinsolt, and pro
nounced in a strong voieo, "Dormo."'
which was usually successful. '
There seems to be no limit to tha
wonders displayed by man iu sleeping.
Ooneerdel, the mathematician, solved,
one of his most dilliciilt problems whilo
isleep si problem, too, which puzzled
him during his waking hours. A
professor of theology in the University
of Basle once wrote a sermon whilo
asleep. He found it in his desk msxfc
mnrning. The preceding night he could
not grapple with the subject as ho de
sired, but the performance of his sleep
ing hoiii'i- was quite satisfactory to him.
Jenny Lind was one of the most cele
brated singers of her time. No one'
could rival her powers but a factory
girl, who sang sometimes bettor than.
ilio famous Jenny. The girl could not
attempt any difficult piece when awake,
but when sleeping she sang so correctly.
so like the renowned artiste, that it was
difficult to distinguish between their
voices. On one occasion Mad. Lind'
heard the girl, and oven tested tha
accuracy of nor powers by giving her a
lontr and elaborate chromatin exercise.
This tho sleeping girl performed, much.
to the wonder of tlio famous a wed is U
singer. London Telcqranh.
A TWO-INCH MISS.
Nurrmr KuriipH of nil Aliilmini Church
from Destruction liy h Cyoliniu.
The Colonel had contributed fifty
cents at Decatur, a quarter at Birming
ham, thirty cents at Vorbenn and thirty-
five at Bessemer nil for tho "rebuild
ing of colored churches destroyed by
cyclones," nnd when wo gottoSlielllohl
and an ancient darkey struck him again
with the same old chestnut, ho turned
on the man with;
"See here! Whero is that ehiirchP"
"'(out ten miles from hoah, sir." ',
"When did the cyclone hit it?" '
'Lus' September."
"I don't believe it! I boliovo von ara
lying to me! Now, thon, will you toll
mo the truth for half a dollar?"
"V-yes, sab."
"Very well. Was that church build
ing blown down by a cyclone or notf
I want a straight and truthful an
swer.
"An' you'll gin mo fo' bits!"
'yes, 1 will. You only wanted two.
bits for the church, while hero aro four;
for tho truth."
"Den, salt, I shall let do church slida
an stick to do trooi an' hope fur du
Lawd to forgin met Dat slghcloiio list
missed do church by two Inches, but I
fought dat wns clus 'miff to collect a
few dollars on!" Detroit Free irei.
Cheek boldly enters whoro modesty.
dare not pull the door-bulU- WhilekaUl
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