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OREGON SCOUT JONES & CHANCEY, Publisher. Dibcoveries, inventions and com pounds patented each year in the Un ted States and never amounting to anything, cost $3,000,000. Helena is to have the largest re duction works in the Northwest. The capacity of the now works will bo 500 "tons a day, and will cost $500,000, "Mr. Villard and Governor Housor are the instigators of the enterprise. Reports say that thero are over 100.000 persons out of employment the city of New York, many of whom are menaced by starvation. The cm Dlovmcnt agencies are full of peop lnnltmir for work, and a general do- 0 ' presBion in itll trades seems prevalent Insurance companies lost $1,500, 000 by fires in Montreal last year. which is twice or three times as mucl na thov received for premiums. One company is nlready closing up busi ncBs in tho province, and it is not unlikely that one or two more will follow thoir example. In the twenty-three year from 1859 io 1882, tho quantity of wool produced in this country increased nearly fiv fold, from 00,000,000 to 200.000,000 pounds. In 1800 tho production was less than two pounds for each inhabi 1ant; in 1882 it was 5.4 pounds for each inhabitant. A new gun has recently been in vented in Switzerland. It Imb four riffles to overy foot, thereby insuring .greater accuracy and precision of aim tlian has ever beforo been attained The bullot is encased in a steel cover ing, ns Iho gun is only intended to wound; which is more desirable in warfare New York has. made .a clear profit out of hor salt reservation of nearly $700,000 sinco 18-1G, when 'toll was placed at 1 cent per bushel, and tho -lieldB havo yielded sinco they wcro opened in 1707 over 331,000,000 bush els. Thoro is a rock-salt layer fifty foct thick and covering 4,000 squaro -miles. Last year tho Holds woro oper ated at a loss of $3,000. The Socrotary of tho Interior has sent to tho Bonato a statemont in ro gard to tho amount of land cacli of thoStatOB has received from tho United States for school purposos. California lias receivod 5,010,702 acroe ; Novada 3,905,-102 acres; Orogon, 3,387,520 acres. If other States received an equal amount with tho nowor States in tho West, it would tuko 0,-171,088 acres. The wheat crop of tho United States for 1887 was -150,000,000 bushols. Tho homo requirements for food, seed and manufactures was 315,000,000. Tho exports from July 1st to Docombor 1st were G5,300,000 bushels, of which tho Pacific Coast supplied 9,950,000 bush la. Tho wholo crop of Crlifornia Oregon and Washington in 1880 was 54,858,000 bushols. Tho figures for 1887 havo not yot boon completed. The California Stato Hoard of Trade lias issuod a circular concerning tho condition of tho laboring classes in California, which will bo Bent Enst for distribution. Tho circular recites that work is assured all, and that higher wages aro paid than for tho same char- actor of work cast of tho Rockies. The circular also stato that tho prosperity of tho pooplo is attested by tho fact that whilo California has but one-tlf tioth of tho population of tho United States, tho people havo ono-tweutioth of tho total savings deposited. Forty years ago thero woro not north of tho Arkansas river 250,000 American citizens in all tho vast area between 1ho Missouri and tho Pacific Ocean. How thero aro not loss than 12,000,' 000, or nearly one-fifth of our entire population. Thero aro forty largo cities within this urea, 75,000 miles of railroad and at least 0110 third of tho telegraph lines of tho United Statos. Tho rapidity of thia growth is in con trast with that of Australia, whoso centenary is now in course of com memoration. Australia was settled in 3788 by a colony of 850 convicts. In 1820 its European population was Only 30,000, mostly convicts or discharged convicts. In 1839 it ceased to bo a penal colony. It grow vory alow until tho discovery of gold in 185, By the ciul of that year 250,000 Europeans joinod tho colony. By 1871 tho popu lation was 1,300,000; in 1881 it was 2,250,000, and in 1887 it ws about 3,000,000, and including Now Zealand, 3,480,082. Sydney has 250,000 inhab itants and Melbourne and its euvirona nearly 400,000. OREGON NEWS. Everything of General Interest Condensed Form. in a Farmers in Tulo lake vicinity havo commenced plowing. Senator Mitchell has made applica tion for the establishment of free mail delivery in Eaat Portland. Tho third term of the Stato Normal School has opened at Monmouth with nearly 200 pupils. Tho Stirling mining company havo bought Saltmarsh Bros.' plncer claim near Jacksonville. Tho price is re ported to be $10,000. It is said that during tho late cold weather tho Umpqua river was frozen over for the first time in its known history. Tho military telegraph line is work ing all right now along its whole length. New poles will put it in good condition next spring, says tho Ash land Tidings. Three passenger depots are to le erected on tho lino of the Portland it Willamette Valley Railway, one at South Portland, 0110 at Fulton and the other at the Whito House. It is stated on good authority that there aro 71,000 acreB of taxable prop erty in Josephine county, and asido from this tome 10,000 acres especially adapted to fruit, and which will come under tho plow beforo a great while. Tho furniture factory of Goorgo II. Albers, situated near tho river bank, at Sellwood, caught fire and burned to the ground. The origin of tho fire could not be learned. Loss, between $4,000 and $5,000. Tho postoffice department is prepa ing to establish two postoflices on a new mail tervico between Lakoviow and Burns, one at Warner valley with D. E. Jones as postmaster, and ono at Kockford, in Grant county, with J. It. Howe aa postmaster. The deor, during tho cold spell, came down off tho hills on tho low lands around Scappooso bay in considerable numbers and tho cougars followed. Orville Gorman, of that vicinity, went out with his dogs to hunt a cougar. Ho shot a wild cat, a lynx and then a cougar. A party of explorers on tho Harney lakes discovered an island three miles in length that is apparently the home and breeding place of all tho various water fowl. Tho island is said to bo simply alivo with ducks and gceso and is a veiy paradise for sportsmen. Deer were also found on it in very largo unmoors. An accident happened south of Mt. Tabor, and near tho Gilbert place, which resulted in the shocking death of a little 0-ycar old girl of John Lin- dinberg. Some nion were engaged in binning brush and old timber, and tho little girl was crossing tho patch of ground whero they were at work. As sho wont by, a high stump that was burning around tho roots fell on her, striking on tho side of her head, crush ing the skull and breaking her arm. Sho was quickly picked up and carried into tho house, but it was soon ascer tained that her injuries wero of too serious a nature for her to recover, and after lingering 111 a comutoso state dur ing the day sho died. In uccordanco with a petition of 210 residents of Harney Valley, Governor l'cnnoyor has indited tho following lettor to the Commissioner of tho Gen eral Land Office at Washington, D. C. : "In a lato letter to you I requested a speedy isuuauco of patents to tho Stato of Oregon to lands declared to bo swamp by tho agents of tho federal and state governments. I now feel constrained to ask you to delay tho granting of such patents for a time. I urn in receipt of potitions and affi davits of settlers in tho Lnkeviow dis trict which havo a tondoncy to induce tho belief that tho agents have mado orrors in reporting lands as swamp lands which in reality are not such, and which reports would havo tho effect of depriving bona-fido sottlers under tho United States land laws of their titles to their homes. As I have beforo stated to tho department, tho Stato of Orogon does not want titlo to one acre of land that is not Bwamp land, and tho more especially ro whon such titlo would bo in conllict with tho claims and interest of bona-fido settlers. Having it thoreforo strongly impressed upon 1110 that thero may bo orrors in tho report of tho agents above referred to, notwithstanding my hopes of a speedy adjustment, 1 would ask that no further action bo taken bv your department in tho matter at present. If a land oiueo is created 111 Eastom Oregon, tho parties interested in tho land in question will bo able to contest tho samo beforo tho register and receiver without' much oxponso, and tho matter can thus bo settled right, upon indubitable testimony, nnd it ought not to bo settled at all until it iB settled right." A correspondent writing from Dry mVc, Modoc County, Cal., to an ox- haugo, thus describes some of tho wonders of that section of country: A Bhort time sinco as two vaqueros wcro hunting oast of this place, about five miles, they observed steam issu- ng from a crovlco in tho lava, which they oxplored for some distauco, but it was so dark they could not see to walk. So, on tho following day, after supplying thomsolvoa with caudles, thoy penetrated tho lower regions for about two miloa or more, at a descant of about four inches to tho roil. Tho roof see in b to bo of solid lava. Tho lloor is yellow Band: and about ono milo from tho entrance thoro is a largo room, ten or twelve feet high and sixty cot across. 'Iho temperature ts atKHit ninety degrees, and increases at overy step. As tho candlo grow short tho explorers woro compelled to return. 1 COAST CULLINGS. Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California. Nineteen horses wero frozen to death in Pine Valley. Nov. Ccntralia, W. T., is to have a board of immigration. Spokane Falls pays about $400 per month for city printing. The proposition to establish a county jail at Montesano, W. T. failed by seven votes. Michael Brady, aged 57 years, was struck by a train at Vallejo, Cal., and crushed into an unrecognizable mass. Charles Patterson, a switchman, was thrown from a moving car and almost instantly killed, at San Diego, Cal. V. B. Burke, a restaurant proprietor, was shot and instantly killed at his restaurant at San Francisco, by J. G. Crawford, a railroad engineer. Mr. Toney states that his peach trees are killed, every one of them, and will have to bo converted into fire wood, says a Walla Walla paper. Jan. McEwan, an apprentice on the British ship Ayrshire, fell from a stag ing on the vessel into the bay, at San Francisco, and was drowned. Arthur Hall, a signal man on the S. P. It. It., was killed at the railroat yard near the depot, at San Francisco No blame is attached to the engineer, Charles Wehrley, aged 35, a tanner. suicided at Napa, Cal. He put a pis tol in his mouth and blew out his brains. The cause was temporary insanity. J. W. JNillage, Ualilornia hsh com missioner, committed suicide. Test! mony at the inquest showed that he had collected money and failed to turn it into tho treasury. Thomas C. Boss, a school teacher recently from Oregon, lias been com milted to the Stockton insane asylum because he says ho hears the angel? singing. S. P. Itisley fell from a derrick distance of seventy-five feet at ItoW' laud'B oil wells at Puente, Cal., striking on his head. He died half an hour later. A German laborer named Holm whilo employed with other workmen in tearing down an old house at San Francisco, was killed by tho falling debris. Wm. Sexton was shot and kdled at Elk Creek, near Willows, Cal., by David Piorson. Sexton was plowing land claimed by Piorson, and on a re fusal to quit, was fired upon with the above result. Jacques Dull, a two-year old child, fell into a tub of hot water, at Santa Ana, Cal. His back was almost com plotely cooked, and tho little fellow suffered untold agonies, until ho died, two days later. J. S. Brackett, whilo in a somnam bulistic condition, fell from his bed room window at Potaluma, Cal., and was fatally injured. He was 70 years old and leaves largo landed estates in California and Mexico. Francisco Schwartz, whilo walking alongside an empty limo kiln, near Santa Cruz, Cal., slipped and fell a distance of twonty-five feet. His head struck a rock breaking his skull and killing him instantly. Whilo two men wero digging at the Almaden mine, near San Jose, Cal., to placo some timbers in position, thoy struck an out blast. Uno 01 the men, named Guiterag, was instantly killed, and the other so shockingly mangled that ho will die. A fatal shooting affray occurred near Spokane Falls, in which thrco niou W B. Mills, Androw and Henry Clarke woro killed. Tho troublo was tho result of an attempt of tho Clarko brothors to jump Mills' land claim. Albert bcow, a stevedore, u vears old, was accidentally struck by a t-ltng of shingles on tho steamer Citv of Chester, at San Francisco, and thrown down into tho hold, a distance of thirty feet. Ho died in an hour from the injuries received troni tno tail. Julian Lcdon, a native of California, 22 years of age, was found hanged at his ranch at Poa ridge, Mariposa county, Cal. The fact that his hands wero tied behind him, and that tho horso he is known to havo ridden dur ing tho day had been turned loose, seemed to indicate that murder had been committed. A fearful collision occurred on tho Central Pacific railroad at Gold Hun, Cd. A west ImhuuI passenger train striking an oast bound froight, demol ished four locomotive, crushing a tire man named Walker to death, nnd tho ongincors lloodley and O'Mears, were slightly injured. Tho mail, baggage and exptosa cars and a number of freight cars wero badly wrecked. riiomas Edwards, a hack driver, was Mint and fatally wouneed by OHi cer Harrington, at oan rrancisco. Tho latter thought Edwards was a garrotor, having hoard a scullle a few minutes before Edwards appeared. He says ho fired undor tho belief that tho man was a wrong doer, and was strengthened in his belief when ho refused to halt. Tho mystery which enshrouded tho disappearance of two boys C. F. Odo neal and Vincent W. .Applegate who left their homes in Duarto on Decem ber 2S, has been solved by tho melting of tho snow in a canyon nine miles from Monroira, Cal., where tho bodioa wore found. Tho two lads woro lying only a few rods apart, Thoy evidently became lost in a snow storm and strug gled on together until thoy dropped down from sheer exhaustion, TELEGRAPHIC. m oi m Yimm OTenu it r t n Now Attracting Pablic Interest IOfin of the Abercorn. Montebano, W. T. Following par ticulars of tho wreck of the British ship Abercorn have been obtained from the three survivors : They were out 125 days from Glas gow, with 2,000 tons of steel rails con signed to tho O. R. & N. Co. They took Pilot Johnson on board, as pre viously reported, and stood out to sea. The wreck occurred at half-past six Monday morning, by the vessel run ning on a sand beach. Thero was no galo blowing whatever, but it was somewhat foggy. Two honrs previous to striking John son sent a man into tho cross trees to keep a lookout for lights at the mouth of tho Columbia river, supposing they wero near that locality. At the time, they wero steering a southeast course and carrying a light sail. The old sailor was on watch. Ho says they took soundings only twico after taking Johnson on board, first on Saturday when they found eighty fathoms, and again after standing out to sea on Sunday, when they .-ounded and found 120 fathoms. All the burvivors agree that these wero the only soundings taken. Iho vessel struck seven miles north of Gray's harbor, near Damon's point. Immediately after striking all hands went into thr after cabin, as the sea was breaking b.idly forward, and while they wero there the foremast and mainmast broke-, and the deck split. About 1 :30 p. m. a heavy sea broko into tho cabin. Tho old sailor, who was first out of the cabin, could not tell how many were drowned at that time, but is satisticd some must have been. Those who survived as cended tho rigging ot the mizzenmast, and the old man saw Pilot Johnson as ho came out of the cabin, which was filled with water. Ho then saw a wave strike him, upon which he tried to grasp tho bar of tho companion-way, but missed it, when a second wave struck Johnson and carried him into tho ocean. Tho old man watched him for some time in tho water, and says he swam nobly, but as ho was looking back at tho vessel and swimming par allel with the coast, ho did not appear to be making for the shore, although tho Bailor thinks if he had had any thing to assist him he could easily have been saved. A littlo later the mizzen mast gave way, and the ship ojened and let all into the sea. As tho mast was going, tho old sailor jumped to clear the side of tho ship, and was under water for somo time. As he came up the second time he saw near him a plank about thirteen feet long, which ho seized and steered for the shore. After getting on tho plank, he says his hair was hardly wot, showing there was no storm. The next survivor, a man about 25 years of age, camo ashore with a piece of plank under each arm. Both of the men wero in the water about half an hour. The boy who was saved is an orphan and was ono of the live boys from the training ship, all of whom were mak ing their first voyage. Ho will be 17 next April, but like tho others his name is unknown. Ho also oamo ashore with two pieces of plank, and was tho last to reach shore, having been about an hour 111 tho water, and having drifted two miles up tho coat from where tho others landed. He was unconscious when found by Mr, Mclntire and an Indian. Tho boy says lie saw several persons in the wa ter after ho hail left the wreck, and was the last to see tho captain alive, At one time tho captain was within fifteen fcot of him. and told him to hang on to his planks and nut to be scared, and ho would roach shore all right. Then a heavy wave struck the lad and that was tho last he saw of the captain or anv of tho ship's crew. Shortly after the boy reached shore body was seen Hosting but a short distance from the shore, hut it sank immediately after being sighted, and although tho Indians and Mclntire and A. O. Damon rushed into the waves up to their necks, it was impos sible to recover tho body, wi.ich was supposed to be that of the captain. Sixteen bodies are reported fuund including those of Pilot Johnson and the captain, the former having been recognized by a note hook nuuul in his pocket. All the bodies wero found rom axtcen to nineteen miles up tho coast, Tho ship's company consisted of tho captain and twentv-four men. On arriving at lloquiam bay tho men wero most liopitublv entertained and everything done for their comfort. loo much praise cannot bo given to tho Indians or tho maimer 111 which they risked their lives to save tho drowning men, and tho care they took ot tho survivors. l no out sailor says ho has gono throi gh manv scene- of shipwreck befou , but this was the worst he has ever wunessed. Had there been a life-saving station or a rocket to carry a lino to tho vessel, every man might havo been saved. Tho immedinto ne cessity of a station in that vicinity is now only too apparent. Advices from Shanghai eay that nearly 2,000,000 persons aro entiroly destitute through tho Hoang Ho Hoods. Two men wero killod by tho explo sion of the Standard Explonivo Co.'s mixing house near Tom's liiver, N. J. At Paris, a woman was pushed off a bridge into the Seino and drowuod. Arrests wero mado, and tho fact de veloped that tho murder was com mitted for a wagor of a cup of coffee. One man has been sentenced to ponul servitude for twenty years, and another has received a life sentence. I CONGRESSIONAL. Legislation Pertaining to the Interest of the Pacific Coast HESfATK. Senator Dolph reported favorably to the Senate, from the Committee on Commerce, his bill to prevent obstruc tions to navigable streams, which will prohibit the dumping of garbage and refuse, and anything, into, any of the streams of the country which would tend to obstruct navigation. A bill was introduced by Stewart to amend tho mining laws of the United States by providing that no person shall acquire more than one mining claim on tho samo vein, or relocate a claim which he has previously located. Also requiring that each patent for mining lands shall reserve right of way through or over any mining claim for roads, ditches, canals, cuts and tunnels for tho purpose of working other mines; provided, that damages occasioned thereby shall be assessed and uaid for according to law. Mitchell moved an amendment, by providing that no Chinese shall ever bo allowed to buy public land in this country. Tho Secretary of War, in response to a Senate resolution, has sent to the Senate a voluminous report mado by Capt. C. Powell and Maj. Wagoner, respecting the salmon fisheries on the Columbia rivor, and how such fisheries interfere with and obstruct the naviga tion and commerce of that waterway. There are quite a number of photo graphs showing different styles of cap ttiring salmon, cwnneriea and some of the finest specimens of fish. Tho Secretary of War concurs in the reports of the engineer officers that it is in the interest of commerce and navigation thut tho general govern ment should have supervision of and make proper regulations for tho man agement of appliances in use for the capture of salmon on the Columbia and its tributaries. Capt Fowoll reports that there are a dozen fish wheels below the uncom pleted improvements at the Cascades that do not now interfere with navi gation, but that when the improvo ments are completed they will tend to shoal tho waters of tho river. It is recommended that tho fixed parts of these fish wheels be removed. Trapt and pound nets cause shoaling of the waters. Salmon seines used near Astoria do not interfere either with navigation or tend to cause tho formation of bars, but in the fishing season gill nets set across tho stream often interelere with tho passage of steamers and sailing vessels. It is suggested that the prevention of gill net fishing on the bar of tho Columbia would result in a large sav ing of life, as between twenty and sixty fishermen aro drowned on this bar every season. HOTJHK. The House passed the bill to dis continue the coinage of three-cent pieces. Itepresentativo Hermann secured the insertion into the new land bill, being proposed by the house coin mitteo on public lands, of the main features of his land bill, which allows a second homestead entry to those who fail to consummate their original en try through any cause excopt aban donment of their entry or through Bale to others. Hermann introduced a bill for the disposal or sale of mineral land on Indian reservations; and alro that the timber on such reservations may be used for mining purposes when com pensation has been made. roirriiANu rnoin'CK mabkkt, Butt kb Fancy roll, V lb Oregon Inferior grade Pickled California roll do pickled Cokes u Eastern, full cream Oregon, do California Eoas Fresh Dm un KnuiTs Apples, qrs. hU nnd bxs. . . do California Apricots, new crop Peaches, unpeelea. now ... Pears, machine dried Pitted cherrleH Pitted plums, Oregon Figs, Cal., in bgs and bxs., Cal. Prunes, French ....... Oregon prunes Flouh -Portland Pat. 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Wooiv East Oregon, Spring clip.. 14 a 18 10 20 v aiiuv urcgon, an ,, UNEXPECTED FORTUNES. An OpttclanTanl a Magician Awake and Find TheinselTes Itlch. "Monday night I was poor and Tues day I was rich," said Mr. Charles H. Schellreen, a few days ago to a Courier reporter. That he had very recently been poor no further evidence was needed to convince the reporter than the almost poverty stricken home in which he had been found in Russell place; that suddenly ho had been made rich tho reporter had written pi oof in his possession, aa had also Mr. Scheflreen, who, with well founded delight showed his visitor a receipt, signed by tho cashier of one of our largest banks for a negotiable order for thousands of dollars, which had been deposited for collection that vory day. "Yes, I am indeed a fortunate man. But I had faith and know it would come sooner or later. 'How many children have IV Thero is this little girl," said the elated speaker pointing to a pretty black-eyed little Jewess, perhaps ten or eleven years of age, "and fie others, boeides a daughter who is married. Yes, I have had a tough time of it, and had it not been for the hope of somo day having just this luck I cannot toll what I should havo done. I left Russia five years ago with my family, thinking I should havo no trouble at all in making a good living. I found it much harder to get along than I thought I should. Selling spectacles and eyeglasses, which is my business, is very hard work, there are so many doing the same thing, and many days I made no money at all. "There is one thing though, my fiiend, I have always made mouey enough for, and that was to buy a ticket each month since I have been hero in the Louisiana State Lottery, and sir, you see what has come of it. Ha! ha! I told my wife," continued the animated speaker with chuckle, "I should got it some day, and I have, I have!" Mr. SchefTreen seemed very anxious that the public should know of his good fortune. "I wish I could tell every man in Boston to buy a ticket," he said. "I have told every friend I have seen, and many of them have already taken my advice. Yes, put it in the Courier by all means, let every body know it." A strange incident connected with Mr. Scheffron's draw ing a part of the second capital prize of $100,000, and one which would seem to indicato that nothing had power to prevent him from getting it, was the fact that, although ho ordered his ticket several weeks before the drawing, by some accident or other it had not reached him as late as five o'clock on the Monday afternoon im mediately preceding the Tuesday on which the distribution of prizes took place, and it was the new ticket that he ordered at that lato hour by tele graph which proved to have on it the lucky number. On the samo day that Mr. ScheflVen drew his fortune Mr. C. Fredericks, of Norman street, who held another part of tho samo ticket, was also equally enriched. Mr. Fredericks, who is a travoling magician, was away from his residence performing with a dramatic company when the reporter called, nnd therefore could not be interviewed. Enough however, waB learned about him to assure ono that tho money was as much needed as it was welcome. With none of his cards, or any of his other magic paraphernalia has he ever produced euch a wonderful transform ation s his good luck did for him oa Decoinber 13 with tho littlo engraved ticket iteued by the Louisiana State Lottery Co. Boston (Mass.) Courier, Jan. 1. A great inteniationaf exhibition ot science and industries will bo hold noM year at Brussels, Belgium, commenc ing on tho first Saturday in May and closing November 3. It appears, from an article in a French scientific journal, that analyse have been made of articles found in Kgypt which show that brono was in use in that country moro than two thousand years beforo the Christian era. What is expected to bo tho second largest bagging and cordago factory in the United States is soon to bo located in Galveston, Tex. It will contain tifi v looms, and niort of the machinery will bo obtained from this country, although tho spinning and carding machines will come from England. It is believed by a writer for the Lancet that somnambulism is in many instances occasioned by worry and dis tress of mind, and tho action conse quent thereon; "somo of our actions ofton becoming by practice so nearly automatic that partial sleep or stupor does not arrest their unconscious per formance." A long continued series of observa tions, made botli at Paris and Munich, indicato that the sanitary condition oi a locality depends 011 its volume of ground water; that is. on the amount of water contained in tho ground. It is stated that "the years in which there has boon a largo quantity of ground water present have invariably huon the healthiest years, while those in which thero has beon a small quantity have invariably boon tho most uuhoalthy periods." N. Y. Lcdgen According to Professor S. P. Lanjr- ley, tho well-known American astron omer, tho temperature of tho sunlit surface of the moon has boon commonly over-estimated, and probably does not exceed fifty degrees contlgrado. Mr. Richard A. Prootor, in his elaboratft work on tho moon, says that, durins the lunar day, the surfaco of tho moon burns, ono may almost dlaro, with a heat of somo flvo hundred degrees Fahrenlioit, if tho inferonces of our most skillful physicists and tho evidence obtained from our most powerful mean of oxjiorinienu can bo trusted.