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CONGRESSIONAL. legislation Pertaining to the Interest of the Pacific Coast Washington. Mitchell, of Oregon, "will introduce a bill at the tirst oppor tunity after Congress assembles to repeal all laws, whether treaties or acta of Congress, which permit Chinese immigration. This is the same bill which ho introduced at tho last session .pf Congress. lie said this afternoon that the general impression that his bill would prohibit or prevent com merce between China and the United States is erroneous. It will only indi rectly havo a bearing on tho trade relations of the two countries, in so far as it absolutely prohibits, the coming of Chinese to this country, except those who como in government capac ities. Also a bill to protect purchasers of land from tho Northern Pacific rail road, in case their is forfeiture of the land granted to that corporation be tween Wallula and Portland, lie will also introduce a bill to reimburse set tlers on even numbered sections of public land within tho limits of tho land grants in case of forfeiture of odd numbered sections. This bill is in tended to reimburse those settlers who were compelled to pay $2 50 per acre for public land within tho limits of land grants which subsequently be came forfeited ; settlers receiving no benefit by the building of a railroad because none was built, while other public land has been sold at $1.25 per acre. Also a bill making an appropriation for the establishment of a life-saving -crew at Yuquina Buy, Oregon. Also a bill to provide for the erec tion of a public building for a custom house at Yuquina Hay. Also a bill to provide for tho appro priation of ijil.IHJOO.OOO for continuing tho improvement of the mouth of tho Columbia river. Also $750,000 for improvement of the locks of tho Cas cades, and also an appropriation for Yaquina and Coos bays. Ho til introduce tho bill which was favorably reported by a Senate com mittee during tho last session of Con .gress appropriating $500,000 for tho construction of a boat railroad at the -dalles of the Columbia. Also a bill to amend section 3019 of tho revised statutes relating to draw backs on dutiable imported materials when manufactured and exported. This bill is designed to bo of benefit to can tiers of salmon who use tin, upon which a duty has been paid. He will also introduce a bill appro priating suilicioni money for the final survey and estimates for the improve ment of the Unipqua river for light draught steamers, the surveys and estimates to bo separate, one being between tho mouth of tho river and -Seotfe-burg, and tho other between Scottsburg and Hart's rapids, near Elkton. Ho will also introdtico a joint reso lution for tho appointment of a com mission by the Secretary of tho Navy for tho purpose of selecting a site for -si naval station on the Pacific coast. Ho will also introduce a bill autho rizing the construction of a railroad through the Occur d'Alone Indian icsorvation. A bill for relief of settlors on school lands in Washington Territory. Also a bill appropriating sufllcient money for tho re-survey and re-location, shoriening and improvement of the military wagon road between Itogue River valley and Fort Klamath, Oregon. Also a bill appropriating money for the purchase of a site and tho con struction of a wharf for the use of the light-house department at Astoria. Senator Dolph made an exhaustive study of plans for the coast defense of tho country, lie has prepared a bill to provide for carrying out the plans of tho commission that mado a report on tho subject some time ago. The cost of tho work will be $126,000,000. Tho har bors on tho Pacific coast that would bo improved under the bill aro San Fran cisco, tho mouth of tho Columbia, San Diego, and tho northern coast of Washington territory. Tho bill appro priates $27,000,000 for tho defense of San Francisco harbor. Tho defense would consist of turrets, barbette batter ies, submarine mines, torpedo boats, thirty floating batteries and "mortar batteries. Tho bill approproates $2,519, 000 for tho defense of tho mouth of tho Columbia, to consist of barbette batter ies, submarine mines and 15 torpedo boats. Tho bill gives San Diego harbor $591,000 for tho eamo purpose. On a Denver & Itio Grando train Saturday, a crazy Chinaman fatally stabbed a passenger, and was shot by a brakesman. At Warsaw, Wis., tho dwelling of Carl Honikel burned, and ho and his five children perished. His wife es caped, but is insane Near Perida, Illinois, a half-witted boy killed his brother and sister, aged 6 and -1 years, and then tried to kill himself with a butcher knife. In a desperate fight in the Cherokee Nation country, between officers and outlaws, two men and ono woman were killed and two men wounded. Tho bodies of John H. Gowan and his 16-year old daughter wero found frozen stiff at their homo, near Huron, Dakota. From all appearances they wero suffocated by coal gas last Friday night. Tho Bafo of tho County Treasurer's ofllco at Centorvillo, Reynolds county, Mo., was blown open and robbed of about $20,000 in cash, recent tax col lections. Thero iB no cluo to tho robbers. OREGON NEWS. Everything of General Interest in a Condensed Form. Itoseburg proposes to have a tow clock. Grant's pass is infested with clothes line thieves. There are three daily papers pub lished in Astoria. A new Methodist church is being erected at Newport. A now church is just about to bo finished at Long Creek. Scab has broken out in several bands of sheop in the vicinity of Condon. The mail route between Knight and Macley has been extended to Salem. There are about 500 000 bushels of wheat stored in Pendleton, awaiting shipment. W. T. Hill, of Coos county, was very badly gored by an ox several of his ribs being broken. The President has appointed John Myers to be United States Marshal for the District of Oregon. Thero aro ninety-nine corporations, firms and persons in Union county who pay taxes on a valuation of $5,000 and upwards. Tho past season's catch of salmon in tho Coquillo river was valued at over $70,000 ; and about $-10,000 of that sum was paid in wages. Wm. Hardin, tho lG-yoar-old son of Charles H irdin, had his leg broken while hauling wood from the moun tains to La Grande. The Whitman mill at Cornucopia is said to bo running with great suc cess, and the output of bullion will be largo from this time on. Near Mud creek, Umatilla county, W. A. Smiley's little boy, about three years old, was fatally burned by falling into a kettle of boiling water. Frederick Bergwall, timekeeper for Hoffman it Bates, was instantly killed on tho pivot pier of tho railroad bridge at Portland, by a box of cement falling upon him. H. L. Robertson, living near Grant's Pass, tho past season raised a blood beet measuring three feot and ten in ches, and a sugar beet weighing thirty five pounds. John Scheidiger, an old resident of Southern Oregon, and who has been in Jackson county hospital for some time past has been declared insano and taken to Salem. Tho building of a now $50,000 hotel on tho Site of the old Pendleton hotel is now assured. Over $25,000 of the stock was subscribed in a few hours. Work will begin soon. A correspondent writing from Ol alia, says that next year the cultivation of sorghum will receive considerable attention in that section, as the past season has demonstrated that it pays well. Dr. Shelton's new palatial residonce at Eugene was totally destroyed by fne. The house was just about com pleted at a cost of $8,000. The cause of tho tiro is unknown, probably in cendiary. Negotiations have been completed for tho erection at Milton of a large tirst-class flouring mill and an agri cultural machine factory. The mill site has been purchased and the ditch is being laid out. Government employes havo finished weighing the mail that passes over tho Oregon Short Line, and find that it is just three times heavier than it was at the tame time last year. This is a striking and indisputable evidence of the increabod growth of tho country. The Kerby Irrigating and Milling Company has completed a 180-foot dam on east branch of the Illinois river and have n largo stafT of men at work digging the ditch to Kerby. It is ex pected that water will bo flowing through Kerby in threo month's time. Messrs. Tomlinson & Brooks, sheep raisers of Willow creek, Malheur coun ty, report aloss of -100 tons of hay by fire, which they had just purchused for tho use of their heep during the coming winter. Incendiaries done the work, but no cluo to tho perpotators of tho outrage has been discovered. Rogue River valley's corn crop was a fair ono this year, although the sea son was not considered as favorable as tho average. Tho farmers aro learning that thorough cultivation often takes the place of favorable weather. Few sales of corn are mado, but tho price is quoted at 50 cents per buBhel. Joseph Drougard had tho high boat at tho O. S. P. Co's cannery, Empire, this seafon, having caught 1,037 sal mon. Tho company presented him with a silver watch, six ounco case, nickel works. On tho back is engraved a Columbia river fishing boat, with Fort Stevens, at tho mouth of the Columbia river, as a background. Tho body of Thomas De Loughoy. an inmate of tho asylum, at Salem was found hanging from tho window netting by a bed sheet. Do Laughoy had during tho night fastened tho two ends of tho sheet to tho netting, made a nooso by a siuglo twist, stuck his neck through and jumped from tho window sill. Ho strangled to death. Deceased was a violent subject, and was commitcd from Multnomah coun ty recently. Active preparations aro being made for starting up work at tho Oswego iron works. Over $200,000 will bo expended beforo operations begin. Contracts havo been let for 20,000 cords of wood to bo chopped this win ter for charcoal. An immense amount of machinery is now en-route from the East, and iKiforo many weeks this groat industry will be in vigorous op eration, giving employment to about 500 men. COAST CULLINGS. Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California. Last year Idaho produced in gold, silver and lead, $9,24G,5S4. Seattle, by n late census report, has a population of 8,001. Fred. Langiree, a carpenter, was run over and killed by a train, at Oak land, Cal. The Southern Pacific Company is having 1,000 freight cars built at the Sacramento shops. Pat. Fly mi, the murderer of Oscar Shea, at Burke, Montana, has been admitted to $5,000 bail. There are 750,000 acres of tillable land still open for settlement in the Hailey, Idaho, land district. At San Diego, Cal., G. A. Burnell was shot and killed by Luco Marovich. Jealousy was piobably the cause. Frank MeCutcheon, a Mexican youth who was believed to havo kin dled incendiary fires, was lynched near Oakdale, Cal. Young T. C. Michael, aged (5 years, died at Mt. Idaho from spinal conges tion, caused by a fall from a woodpile while playing ball. Alvin Rondando, aged four, was fatally wounded by tho accidental dis charge of a gun being cleaned by Willie Powers, at Wr.tsonvillo, Cal. Nearly all tho sawmills on Pugot Sound have shut down for tho winter. They will start up again in tho early spring. Wm. Hopkins, a laborer on J. C. Frazier's ranch at Grand Island, Cal., was fatally stabbed in tho abdomen by Matt Dixon. Fred Salter, a farmer, was acciden tally killed by tho discharge of a shot gun, at Hollistor, Cal. Ho was a member of tho G. A. R. Willard Smith, 20 years old, who recently arrived at Pasadena, Cal., from Chicago, was drowned while bathing at Long beach. Goslaw was hanged at San Jose, Cal., for tho murder of an old man named II. A. Grant at Los Gatos in January last. Tho snowsheds on tho switchback aro strong. The posts are 10x12 in ches and tho caps are 10x10, all of red fir. Tho cover is of four-inch stuff, also of red fir. At San Jose, Cal., Andres Robles, drove his team along the railroad track, which ho mistook for a wagon road, and was struck by a freight train, and instantly killed. Cat. Lamar, who has been offered $1,000,000 for his mine at Wagontown Idaho, has started for London, where he will attorn pt to dispose of the prop erty at. the price asked $2, 000,000. Tho-l yearoldson af W. B. Hock ing, while playing in a yard, fell back ward into a heap of burning rubbish at Nevada, Cal., His back and head wero terribly burned and he is in a precari ous condition. A freight-train ran into a work train on tho Atlantic it Pacific railroad near Williams, Arizona. Fifteen men on the work train wero more or less injured. A brakeman on the freight was fatally hurt. A man named Nicholson, complain ant in an action against Georgo W. Palmer, for assault with a deadly weapon at Tiajuana, Cal., was found dead with a bullet hole through his heart. It is supposed tho deed was committed by Palmer, who is now in jail. Whilo tho steamship Yaquina City was docking at San Francisco, tho wire connecting with tho house and ongino broke. Tho steamer plunged forward at full speed, when she should havo slackened, and she ran into the wharf, only stoping when striking tho stone. She cut a hole twety-fivo feet long in the wharf. Emily Doran, a child Bix years of age, was drowned in Little Wood river, Idaho. With her brother, two years younger, she tried to cross tho stroam, and both children fell in tho water. The boy was rescued by tho mother. Tho body of his little sistor was found in tho willows and grass, two hours after tho sad accident occurred. Tho Rod and Gun Club at Kittitas, W. T., had their annual hunt a few days since. There wero six on a side. Gilliam's party scored 2,765 points and Looney's side 1,110. Tho kinds and quantities of gamo killed were about as follows: Three coyotes, four largo ducks, six prairio chickens, one sago lien, threo jack owls, ono largo hawk, about twenty jack rabbits, twenty-nine snipe, about thirty magpies, ono pheas ant and other minor varieties. A Bpecial from Glendivo, Montan. says: Three Sioux Indians confined in tho county jail for horso stealing, atta cked two whito prisoners with table knives, a pair of scissors and chairs. After having as they supposed, killed tho white men, twoof tho Indians han ged themselves in tho cell with bunk straps while tho third tried to butt his brains out against tho wall. Ho only stunned himself, however, and is all right now. One of tho whito prisoners will die and tho other is in a serious condition.' Frank McGinloy a young mo chanic, was accidentally shot and killed at Sierra Madro Cal., He was there working on a house and wont out bo foro breakfast to shoot rabbits. Ho stumbled over a rock and tho gun went oH, the charge tearing a great hole in his abdomen. J. It. James, a railroad employee, was arrested at Oakland, Cal., for dis turbing the peace. During tho night tho jail look flro and burned to tho ground, James perishing in tho flames. It iB supposed ho had been smoking, and being under tho influence of liquor had carelessly set flro to tho building. THE QUEEN'S MAIDS. Arduous Dtitlr ortlui l.iullc AVlio Wait on I'liKtiuiir Sovereign. Tho maids of honor to the Queen earn every penny of the jL'JiOO a year which is their stipend for filling a very ilillienlt position. Whilo on duty they an not call their souls their own. After breakfast, which they take in their own rooms, they havo to hold themselves in instant readiness to obey the Queen's summons, which comes the moment Sir Henry Ponsonhy (puts her Majesty's presence, with the big red morocco dispatch-box containing his day's work under his arm. After a brief "Good morning" tho Queen suggests a littlo reading, and the dutiful maid addresses herself to tho pile of papers wherein the proper parages for her Majesty's hearing havo already been marked by Sir Henry. Through columns and columns of par liamentary debate, leading articles and correspondence has the poor lady to mtouo her dismal way, often having to repeat passages, for tho Queen never leaves a subject till she has thoroughly mastered it, and is not at all sparing in her command to ".Just read that again, please." The maid of honor is so busy minding her stops and trying to modulate her voice that she has little chance of understanding a titho of what she is reading, ami yet the mo ment the reading is over she has to rush oil' and get ready lor a drive with her royal mistress, during which she will be expected to make lucid remarks on tho topics she has just read aloud. After luncheon is the only real timo the maids of honor havo to themselves, and even that is spoilt for them by the uncertainty as to whether they will be wanted to walk or drive with tho Queen later in the afternoon. They must stay in their apartmouts.for if by chance they should ho sent for and wero not to be found at the moment, their life for a day or two would not bo a happy one, so that a stroll in tho grounds on their own account is out of tho ques tion, till after four o'clock, when, if tho Queen has departed on a drive without them, they know they are free till six at any rate. On tlio Queen's return there is more reading aloud, this tiino of ponderous works on heavy philo sophical subjects, or else tho arranging of sketches, photographs, or, it may he, the charity needle-work is brought, out till such time as her Majesty goes to dress for her nino o'clock dinner, where, to the relief of tho maid of hon or, she is not expected to bo present. I'y this time she is not unfrequontly faint for the want of food, for when not at Court she would naturally bo finish ing dinner at tho hour when it is tho Queen's pleasure to commence it. Young ladies do not, as a rule, jump at tho post of maid of honor to the Queen till they havo given themselves a fair chance of obtaining an "estab lishment," It is not till season after season has been drawn blank that dis consolate ladies havo recourse to tho dignity, very much minus the leisure, of joining the "Household." It follows that, though by no means in the sere and yellow leaf, tho majority of tho maids of honor aro not in the first blush of budding girlhood. The present senior maid is the lion. Harriet Lepol Phipps, a cousin of tho Marquis of Normandy. Miss Phipps will never seo her forty fifth birthday again. Tho Hon Frances Drummond, a daughter of Viscount Strathallaii, is thirty-nine. Tho Hon. Kthel Cadogan was born in 18!1, which puts her credit thirty-threo summers, and the Hon. Maud Okeover. a nieeo of Lady Waterpark, is only twenty seven. Jioston Post. TUBERCULAR WSEASES. Deuclly florins Contiilnrd In Nmv York' Milk mill Muut Supplle. In regard to tho epidemic of pleuro pneumonia in Westchester County lately several physicians of tho health department havo said that tho disease was far loss dangerous to a community that tuberculosis, a malady which atllicts many animals and fowls and is readily transmitted to man. Thero has been a noticeablo incroaso in tho number of deaths from tubercular com plaints particularly from consumption, in this city in n-eoiit years. In 1877 of the 20,'-0:i deaths in tho city, 4,011 wero caused by consumption alone, and there were about 1,000 deaths from other tubercular diseases. Tho highest death rate known in this city since tho last epidemic was in 1881, when 38,021 persons died. Consumption killed 5, 312 that year, and tho total number of deaths from tubercular complaints was 0,921. In tho following year the deaths from tubercular diseases numbered 0,870. Last year 7,000 persons died in Now York from those complaints, and consumption alono dostroyed fi,177. The deaths from all prevailing con tagious diseases in tho city aro insig nificant in number compared with tho loss of life from tubercular disorders. How much tho mortality among chil dren is increased by such complaints is shown by tho deaths from tubercular meningitis, and tabes meson terica, dis eases which children sometimes inherit from consumptive parents, but often acquire with their food. Hoalth-do-partment records show tho following deaths of children from theso diseases In four years: In 1879, 1.212; in 1880, 1,293; in 1881, l.f01, and in 1882, 1,535. Tho deaths f city childro.11 from such disorders last year numbered about 2,000. A German surgeon kept a record of autopsies on tho bodies of children who died in a German hos pital a few years ago, and ho found that thirty-three per cent, of tho chil dren died from tubercular complaints, Dr. Cyrus Edson, of tho sanitary bu reau behoves that much tuberculosis Hi brought to tho city in milk. -N. Y, Tribune, PROGRESS IN COOKERY. It tho I'ooil ol To-Diiy Hotter Tluiu Thnt of rifty Year Abo? This is a question which at first it seems dillieiilt to answer. Tho para phernalia of housekeeping has in creased tenfold, but wo can not say that the improvement has been in ratio to this Increase. Wo are not ten fold better housekeepers than our grandmothers. Tho increased work of tho modern house calls for a reti nue of servants where ono or two formerly did the work, or for extra help in smaller households, where formerly the work was chiefly done by the mistress of the house. The vex ing question of sorvico is continually arising, and much of tho cooking, which was formerly dono by tho mis tress of the house, is now left to tho unskilled hand of a domestic worker, who is often utterly ignorant of tho primary laws of tho kitchen. Our larders of to-day aro so much better supplied with good and wholesome food, our cooking facilities are sc much greater, our cooking utensils are so much better, that it must be a poot cook, indeed, who can not set out tables with more wholesome and a greater variety of food. There has been a great advance in tho last lifty years in tho supply ol fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes were then practically unknown. They were called "love apples" and were grown for ornamental purposes. So linn rooted was the common belief that they were poisonous that it is related, tho two culprits who stole some from tho yard of a justice of tho peace and in cidentally tasted one, soon found they were attacked with what they believed to ho the pains of poison, and hastily came to confess their theft. The va rieties of sweet corn in use fifty years ago were little better than field corn. Tho culture of small fruits was un known. There wero no strawberries but the wild fruit. The improvement in raising anil fat tening beef, veal, mutton and lamb i beyond question. Tho pork fifty years ago was probably better than it is to day, but thero has been a steady de crease in tho uso of pork as propor tioned to tho population. Other meats have taken its place. A minister's wife, who visited a well-to-do par ishioner on tho Hudson river many years ago tolls of sitting down to a din ner table on which the solo dish was a huge platter of boiled pork with ap ples, which wero boiled with the pork and served on the same platter. "1 did my best to oat it." added tho lady, who had been city bred and used to comparatively delicate fare, "but 1 was careful never to bo caught at dinner-time near that house afterward." It would bo impossible to find so coarse a dish as this on any man's table to day. The pork would bo boiled sep arately and the apples made into sauce. Whether tho poultry of to-day is bet ter than formerly is a question in spite of tho many lanoy breeds of poultry in market. Our grandmothers took great care in raising their chickens and capons and paid careful attention to fricassees and pies of chicken which modern cooks may well copy. Canned fruits and vogetables havo added immensely to tho resources of tho modern cook. There havo been groat improvements in tho speed and fineness with which grains are ground. All kinds of meal aro now kiln-dried, so that they will keep sweet in tho grocer' hands an indefinite time, but tho kiln-dried meal is not so sweet as moist meal of old time which had to ho purchased fresh from tho mill. Flour made by the patent-roller proc ess is not quito so sweet, though it is easier to niako good light bread of it than of tho old-time Hour. Wo should turn baetyto soino of tho simpler ways of our ancestors in cookery. Tho de mands of modern society havo driven tho ladies of the household from the kitohon, and the preparation of food is loft too often in tho hands of untu tored servants. "To your saucepans, women of Britain!" exclaimed Susan nah Carter fifty years ago. Tho samo cry goes forth to tho women of our own land if thoy would havo happy homes and strong and healthy fami lies. Y. Tribune. REFINED COURTESY. A Trmimiro J'oirtcmecl Onlr lJ IMslilj Itrnil null Uultlvatml I'roiin. A refined courtesy of manner is ono of tho works of a highly-bred and cul tivated person. It is tho outcomo of a kindly heart and considerate feelings, but it is also something more than this. It is the easo of conscious dignity an expression of an intolloct sure of Its own position, and standing without need of self-assertion or concolt. It litis in it the elomont of endurance, for none but those to whom tho minor troubles of lifo aro trillos Indeed can bo courteous under the mosquitoes' bites of physical and mental annoyances, without outwardly being milled and disturbed. It Implies tho most per fect self-control lest ono bo thrown from his equipoiso by sudden and unlooked-for surprises. And it is In its most perfect form tho exotic flower of tho hlghost civiliza tion, which it has taken generations of wealth and sterling virtuo to produco. It can not ho counterfeited nor repro duced except by Inherited growth, or by grafting on wild stock of firm and vig orous liber. But once started In its cultivation it will ropay tho most gen erous outlay of timo ond rich feeding, helpful allko to both ownor and bo lioldor. Christian at Work. . Ho "So you don't caro to bo mine with all that I havo at my command?" Sho "That's Just tho trouble. 1 don't want to bo undor your command." Judge. FOREIGN GOSSIP. Tho boundaries of Scotland om brace 180 islands. Loudon has a polico army of 13. 819 men. Tho chief has a salary of SlO.oOO a year. Speaking generally, tho avcrago length of life in England is forty-four years; the average length among tho upper classes is iifty-threo years. Steel-framed cab? aro now being manufactured In Kngland, with a view to lightness and greater durability than if wood wero usod for tho pur pose. Dr. Barnardo's Homes in London now hold no fewer than two thousand poor boys and girls wholly dependent upon him; the most of whom would, but for their admission to those homes, have probably grown up to evil lives. More than ten thousand other misera ble children have also been trained in. these homes lloslon Transcript. Tho British telegraph service, which is part of the post-ollice, does not pay expenses since tho rate was re duced to sixponee per mosage, or about 12 cents. ''h0 deficit for the past year was 22', 000 on working ex penses and jL'320.000 for interest on tho working capital in all JL'ooO, 000, or $2.7o0.000. In Algeria there is a small stream which the chemistry of nature has eon verted into true ink. It is formed by the union of two rivulets, ono of which is very strongly impregnated with iron, whilo the other, meandering through a peat marsh, imbibes gallic aeid, an other ingredient in tho formation of ink. Letters and other manuscript matters aro satisfactorily written with thi singular natural compound of iron, and gallic aeid. Tho E lglish red-tape army and navy officials do queer things. Not only do they send canned meat to Australia, were tho woods are full ot meat; rice to India and sugar and rum to Jamaica, but on a recent occasion they literally sent coals to Newcastle for some warships on tho Tyne. Until very recently they used to send vast quant ities of gun-Hints to Quebec every year, becauso such gun adjuncts used to be shipped there a contuary ago. Jioston Transcript. Tho remains of a comotery belong ing to tho aro of tho Gauls havo re cently been discovered in Paris, in tho old F.unboiirg St. G rmau, at tho cor ner of the Rues Roeroi and Bollochasc. Fifty-two tombs havo been found with skeletons, most of which are skolotons of women and children. Only twelvo aro skeletons of men. Many weapons and implements havo also been un earthedswords, lances, and bronzo and iron instruments of all descrip tions. SprinufieUl Jtepnblican. Tho Parsees of Bombay havo long been famous for their eharitablo munif icence, anil tho oxapiplo of tho lato Sir Jauiseijei) Jejoobhoy, known through out the civilized world for his liberali ty, is being emulated at tho prosent day by another Parsce, Sir Dinshaw Manoekjee Petit, ' sheriff of Bombay, wlio has just oll'ired tho Government of Bombay ono and one-half lakh ($75, 000), for the purpose of establishing a female college in that city. N. Y. In dependent. Among tho pooples who inhabit tho region near Stanley Falls is ono which has a very peculiar coppor coin age, consisting of ononnous spear heads mado out of very thin copper One of these is valuod as equal to two hundred English pounds worth of ivory. Every thing among tliom has. its value reckoned in terms of coppor spears. Tippoo-TM), tho rich and in fluential Arab trader whoso henchman not long ago, captured tho Stanloy Falls station, has sent 0110 of thoso spears to London. This tribo manu factures highly artistic motal work.- Jioston Jiudict. ( imxo calculations irom compared observations show that Alcyone that ono of tho Pleiades around which tlia sun and the wliolo solar system wero onco thought to revolve Is about 954, 000,000,000,000 miles from us, a distanco that it would take light about 103 yearn to travel. How's Your Liver? Is tho Oriental salutation, knowing that good health cannot oxist without a healthy Liver. When tho Liver ib torpid the Bow els are sluggish and con stipated, tho food lies in tho stomach undi- gested, poisoning tho lood; frcquont headaoha ensues; a feeling of lassi tude, despondency and. nervousness indicate hovr the whole system ia de ranged. Simmons Liver Regulator has beoa, thft means of restoring more people to health and happiness by giving thnx a healthy Liver th in any agency known on earth. It acta with extraor dinary power and efficacy. NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED. A t gononUtU tnlly remedr "or DypepJK Torpid Uvir, Oonntliwttloti, etc., I b-urfty nvor uo a-jytWuic ulw, mi t have wmw been (UMBuotnted in Uie u f t prod-iom.; it hfeaU to be tMmcwt a per) ct out Amc disease ot tlae Htnmaeh tin Howls, W.J. Mcldi.il Y, Uuaoa, O,