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THE OREGON SCOUT, j CONGRESSIONAL NEWS I MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS I PACIFIC COAST NOTES. THE AGRICTTLTTTRALIST JONES &. CHANCEY, - Publishers UNION, OREGON. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. Wo dote upon tills world us If it woro never to huvo nn end; nnd wo neg lect tho noxt ns if it were? novor to havo a beginning. Fcnclon. J'ho Jnpitneso Government has In stituted a collcgo for women, with English professors, and put it under tho control of a committco of English wo men for six years. Tho safest way to slay tho progress of wrong is to advnnco tho right. Every direct attack upon tho wrong, by tho right, imperils tho right by inviting a counter-attack upon itself. No wny lias been found for making heroism easy, oven for the scholar. Labor, iron labor is for him. Tho world was created as nn audience; tho atoms of which it is made, aro opportunities. Emerson. Doctrino serves to gather humanity Into tho various folds, according to their Individual convictions; but tho actual worship flows from each through lmt ono channel, finding equal accept ance from a loving God. "I will givo you an ornngo, Wil lie," said a famous English Freethinker to a littlo boy, "if you can tell mo whoro God Is." "And I will give you two," replied the boy at onco, "if you can tell mo whoro Ho is not." liar pcr'a Young People. Tho Ton Commandments wore given to tho pcoplo fiomo thousand years ago for their moral advancement, and tho Sermon on the Mount is nearly 2,000 years old; and still It is hard work for nearly moro than half of tho pcoplo of civilization to glvo them moro than cas ual observance. Ono of tho most important things Uiat tho Christian can do, says tho N. Y. Independent, for tho culturo of his nwn piety is to acqulro tho habit of By8tomatically and devoutly loading and studying tho Biblo. By this habit lio will "grow in grace-'' by growing "in tho knowlodgo of our Lord and Saviour J0311S Christ." Tho moro ho roads tho Biblo tho moro precious will It bocomo in his oxperlonco. How lonely tho mother fools when for tho first tlmo hor boy shows that ho fcols loo big to bo kissed! As thoy bo gln to fool like littlo mon, too many boys thing that any show of affection nn tholr putt Is babyish; thoy aro afraid of bolng called "girl-boys" or milksops. Just as If a man is ovor mora munly than when ho loves and protects tho mother who loved and protected him through so many helpless years, Such nboy is suro to grow into tho man who takes such good euro of his wUo.llural New Yorker. WIT AND WISDOM. "Ono man's conduct may load a liost into a snaro; bowaro how you fol low man; tho prudont man looketh woll tolils going." Why Is It that, whonovor you aro looking for any thing, you always find It In tho last place you look? The reason is because you always stop look ing whon you find It. Young man, don't break in two in tho middle if tho world goes against you. Braco up and go against tho world awhllo, and soo how quick yon can knock it out. Washington Critic Tho faults and weaknesses of others, instead of boing wovon into gos eip, Ho.'indal and usoloss criticism, should bo usod as danger signals, to warn us away from tho paths which huvo led to them. It is eloarly an undoniablo fact that mankind generally had rather remain actually Ignorant of any 'certain thing not already known to them than to learn It in any way which will show and virtually aeknowledgo tholr igno rance. l)cs Moines Leader. If tho right Is not used as k weapon of olTonso, it is not so Ukoly to need to epend ttsolf In its own defense. And If tho wrong is busy neither with its own defense nor with tho direct otTonso against tho right, it Is moro fairly open to boo tho right iw exhibited in tho right. It is bettor to draw one into tho right than oven to drivo him out of tho wrong. S. S. Times. Hardly any ono can step out of his own door without finding something that can bo benefited by his good olllcos. If he sees it aright, and give his heart and hand to It, ho will, then and there, bo making a contribution to the world's Improvement. 'J'ho talk wo henrsonio tlmes about tho want of a "Hold" is proof either of luslncority or poor judgment. United Presbyterian. If tho problems of the tlmo aro properly dealt with, it would bo found, ut least In our own favored hind, that "Poverty and Progress" would not bo used as correlative tonus by any politi cal economists. Thrift nnd economy among tho laboring clashes would go 1ur toward the reduction of waste Im providence and criminal carelessness in regard to provision for sickness and old ago; ami go far also toward solving tho labor problem. Mrs. M. J. Gorton. Tho young mon and womon who can look poverty fairly and squarely In tho face, aro too few. Wo want moro of tho young mon who can wear old clothes till thoy can pay cash for now ones, or who aro willing to walk till thoy can afford to rldo. Wo want moro of tho young women who aro willing to do their own work till they can afford to pay Homebody to do It and who will live uncomplainingly In one room till thoy ui afford to furnish two. THE TERRITORIES READY TO ENTER THE GALAXY OF STATES. The Conditions on Which Montana Will Enter Pension Legislation Ore gon's Militia Bill Becomes a Law Tho Inaugural. Tho nomination of Walter L. Bragg to succeed himself as interstate com missioner, has been favorably reported in tho Senate. Tho Atlanta left New York Saturday morning for Hayti. It is thought that the vessel s presence is necessary to preservo peace. Secretary Whitney snyg the State department has done all it can in the Samoan matter. It now rests with Congress, which alone lias power to declare war. The pension department has grant ed pensions lo Henry F. Phillips, of Seattle, and John II. Wencmy, alias J. Smith, of Lewiston, Idaho, a sur vivor of tho Mexican war. Vice rrcsidont-elect Morton was in Washington hist week, looking about tho city for a desirable residence, but failed to find a suitable one. Ho docs not desire to build or buy a homo at tho capital. rue Dakota delegation now in Washington feel confident that a bill will now bo passed for tho admission of South Dakota into tho Union : also tho passage of an enabling net for tho early admission of North Dakota. Tho President has approved I ho act to provido arms, ammunition, etc., for tho militia of Oregon ; tho act to pro vido stores for the militia of Montana, and tho act amending tho postal laws in regard to tho special delivery of letters. General tawaini will bo placed on tho retired list, notwithstanding tho fact that many members of tho retir ing board aro said io bo of the opinion that his present disabiliiics aro not terious enough to incapacitate him from further activo service. THE CRUSHED AND KILLED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STORM. NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTH WESTERN MINING DISTRICT. I A Youthful Bank Robber Comes to I Orlef at Kansas City New Mex ican Cablo Line A Judge Arrested Other Nows. A Los Angeles Detective Shoots Himself. Prospectors Find a Watery Crave In tbo Colorado River Ne vada', Mlnot'd Homo. Heavy snow storms aro reported Iron, Dakota. Ex-Congressman Singleton, of Mis sissippi, is ueuci. Tho Cincinnati shoemakers con template striking. General Ilosecrans will soon be placed on tho retired list. An offer of $30,000 has been refused for tho trotter Ambassador. Maesachusettes Republicans havo renominated Senator Hoar. Senator Mandeson, of Nebraska, lias been relected to tho Senate. Tho Colorado river will bo investi gated by government officials. Tho " white caps " aro creating ter ror in many places in tho East. Governor Fifer, of Illinois, opposes organized detective companies. An effort is to bo made to annex Lower California to the United Stales. Boys in tho employ of tho Chesa peake oyBter pirates aro tieated aa slaves. A Sioux City, Iowa, lawyer has been ordered by tho "white caps to leave tho place. An carthnuako was felt in New New York last week in tho Adiron dack section. The crew that abandoned the ship Christina at sea have arrived at Charleston, S. C. SOME ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS SUCCESSFUL FARMING. OF Cheap Lands Not Always the Most Prof- ltable-The Value of Hay Lies In Feeding It to Your Own Cat tle Well-Kept Farms. Tho Santa Monica hotel was burned last week. Charles Dudley Warner will winter of Hour, in l'omona. Anaheim, Cal., contemplates start ing a beet factory. Stockton, Cal., has organized a na tural gas company. Lydia Thompson is ill at Loa An geles with pneumonia Additional murders of Arizona shepherds aro reported. W. D. Saals, of Red Bluff, Cal., has failed. Lisbilitics, $21,000. Washouts on the Southern Pacific aro reported west of Ynma. Tho late small-pox scare at Mereed, Cal., cost the county $3000. Sam Jones, tho revivalist, is hold ing meeting at Los Angeles. Santa Rosa orchardists havo planted 100,000 trees tho present season. Cattlo and sheep, caught in the snow in New Mexico, are starving. Parties in Nephi, Idaho, propose shipping rabbit carcasses by the car load The saloon license of $150 haa been repealed by tho supervisors of Marin county. Wild hogs aro plentiful m the tules along tho Humboldt, near Battle Mountain. WatEonvillo, Cal., is making efforts Axworthy, tho defaulting city treas- to secure tho location of a flax mill at urer of Cleveland, Ohio, will take up place his residonco in Toronto. Diplomatic circles in Europo con suro tho United States lor tho con tinued fighting in Samoa, Tho libel suits instituted by tho Chicago police against tho Times of that city havo been dismissed J. J. Patterson, ex-United States Senator from South Carolina, has been sued for breach of promise, Representative Hermann's bill pro viding for an incrcaso of pension for Colonel James Waters, of Douglas county, Or., a veteran of tho war of Germany aro becoming strained It is said that Fort Canby, at the mouth of the Columbia, will again be garrisoned. Tho Indians of Saliiio Valley, Cali fornia, are raising lino fig, apple, pear anu peach trees. A bill has been introduced in the Nevada legislature to provide a homo lor indigent miners. a -Loriugeso sueepman was acci Tho boliof is growing that tho rola- dentally killed by his brother in Fres- tions between the United States and county, iasi wee 1812 and of tho Oregon Indian wars, who is now ninoty-four years old and blind, was reported favorably to tho Houso last week. Among tho bills rccontly intro duced in tho Houso aro the following Granting right-of-way for a railroad across tho Fort Pima Indian reserva tion in Arizona; granting tho Big Horn Southorn railroad right-of-way across a part of the Crow Indian res ervation in Montana. Governor Swinoford, of Alaska, es timates tho annual resources of tho territory at about $9,000,000; min erals, $2,000,000 ; all other resources, $3,000,000. Ho urges tho develop ment of tho torrilory's mines, espec ially that of coal, which ho claims ex ist thero in largo quantities. 'J. no bonato suu-committeo on fiuauco has occupied much timo in hearing opposing claims of tho wool growers nnd wool manufacturers on changes in tho tiuiil' on wool. The impression prevails that tho commit tee will ask lor a reduction on tho common grades of wool from elovon to ton cents. Tho polico of Knoxvillo, Tenn., re contly raided n private car and ar rested tho occupants for gambling, It is again rumored that Charles Francis Adams will soon rotiro from tho presidency of tho Union Pacific. Jonnio bluart, tlio daughter ot a New York stock brokor, ran away Willi her father a coachman laRt week Jane Suffert, who has been keeping a baby farm in a room sixteen fuet equaro at St. Louis, has been arrestod. Tho fishing steamer Novelty, which left Boston recently, is said to be loaded with arms and mon for Hayti, Henry Kruso, who shot Ward Mc Maims, a prominent St. Louis capi talist, last week, killed himself Satur day. Chief Byrd has been recognized by Secretary Vilas as Governor of the Chickasaw nation in Indian Terri tory. Tho fastest timo over mado across tho Atlantic was that of the Umhria last week G davB, 2 hours and 45 minutes. Tho postal authorities will soon in vestigate tho froo delivery system of Calitomia, Oregon and Washington lorntory. At Rahway, Now Jersey, incendiary fires aro started so that tho boys can turn with tho engine and have a good carouEal afterward. Powderly claims that tho men who aro trying to start an opposition order to the Knights of Labor offered to sell out to him for $100. Miss H. O. Woodard, of Charlotte- villi, Va., ran away last wook and was married. Tho young lady is a cousin of General Harrison. Horr Most, of Now York, tho arch anarchist, has applied for polico pro tcotion. Ho claims tliat his lifo is in danger from his former associates. Tho JNow iork worm hns made ar- rangomonts for an exploring expedi tion to Africa to discover tho where abouts of Stanley and Eniin P.it-ha. Tho towns of Cimarron ami lngalls, m Kansas, are ougagnu in a county seat war. So far two men havo been killed and great excitement prevails. Col. Frank Po6oy has been nomi nated for tho unexpired tonn in Con gress occasioned by the resignation of Congressman Hovey, now Governor of Indiana. In tho camp of a gang of thiovos in Indian Territory was found, recently, a diary detailing a murder m Ohie in lbliJt, which tho owner ol tho diary committed with an axo and secured U000. Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, chief marshal of the inauguration pru cession, has issued an ordor calling on all organizations desiring to paitici pato to notify him at headquarters beforo February 20th. Civic orders of less than fifty in number will not bo permitted in lino, or with improper costuiuo or equipment Tlio board of Indian commissioners, at their recent annual meeting, adopted resolutions deprecating the practice of changing Indian officials for partisan reasons and urging the extension of tho civil service system to tho Indian Borvico : also opposing tho romoval of tho tribes from their reservation:! whoro thoy aro settled and aro making progress toward civ ilization. Tho President has rotumcd to tho Seuato without his approval tho bill to pay $3S0O to William I). Wheaton and Charles 11. Chimberlaiu, for many years prior to 1870 register and receiver of tho land ollico at ban Fran cisco, These two officers wore re quired by an order, issued July, 1877, to turn thereafter into tho treas ury certain feed to which thoy were entitled by law. A movement is on foot to scouro a pension for Postnuistor Ltuia Purdy, of lorktown, Westchester county, Now l ork, who la ninety-threo years old, and who enjoys tho distinction oi being the oldest poutmastor in the country, having voted for President" elect Harrison and his grandfather beforo him. Purdy was appointed poBtnuihter of Shrub Onk by W. H. llairison in 1811, and has discharged tho duties of his office ever since. Tho examination of Sewall, consul I ... i.. 1... it... o general ai oamua uy uiu ooimie com- , i. , . ' ntiiteoon foreign relations, haa been Qwimi Rapids, Mich, two years ago out of San Diego. 1 concluded, but ho is hold hero to "u W0Ul 10 leaving a compieteu to liima, tiwait tho printing of his testimony. Mnw u.uisi uau- vuiiimii iui. nno iinwisu in jiuiuiiii, Wllllit 8nv.ir.il ttrnminnt nru nwn n .iiwiikiiiii, iui mil uu iuuu uuvk iu rnu n if tint nitw I'ftlil fit-lila in Ar ... , . i - n ... .Mionian. J01m lnojr oat was catiMzed in tho Forty siiloon-keepors, who aro to bo Cororado rivor, below Tho Needles, tried for contempt in violating loin- m U were drowned. i - - i l . i ran -v i t porary uiiiiiioiuuis issucu miner u pro- mo ovaua loiMsitiluro lias an hibition law at Canton, 111., havo pointed a committee to visit tho legis agret d to abandon their places and laturo o( California to confer with that leave tho state on condition that tho I Inxly in reference to ucotiirim: turri case bo dUnueaed. tory oast of tho summit ot tlui Sierras. Charles Gordon, who was to havo been hanged last week at Fort Bon ton, Montana, was respited. Ai tides of incorporation havo been filed by Tho Dalles Portage company, with a capital ttock of $500,000. Mrs. Sarali Snivor, of Glendale, W. T., was burned to death recently bv tho explosion of a coal oil lamp. A car-load of lobsters has been shipped to Pugot Sound. Scow bay has been chosen for lobster raising. E. II. Dunn escaped from the Napa asylum last week and was found shortly afterward hanging to a tree. Detectivo A. B. Lawson at Los An geles shot himself while taking a re volver from his desk recently. Ho will recover. The Portland water-works want to issue $1,500,000 mre bonds to enabl it to supply 20,000,000 gallons of wa ter a day. Miss Nollio Reche, living near Col ton, California, was terribly stabbed lust week by an unknown man, who mado 1ns escapo. J. R. Moody, ot Colusa county, who tried to kill his wile a short timo ago l. t . nas oeen sentenceu to lour vears in tho penitentiary. It is reported that Senator Hearst of California, has purchased tho now famous Harqua Hala nnnos, ill Ari aona, for $250,000. Thero is good reason to believe that the Klamath Indian reservation in northern California, will soon bo opon to settlement. A pension has beon granted to J H. Eaton, of Portland, a Moxican sur vivor, and an increase to Garrison Datson, of Grant's Pass, Cal. Stephen T. Morse, a prominent fruit grower of Sacramento county, Cal whilo loading hay from a scaffolding last v eek, tell and broko his neck. Tho man employed by the San Ber n a nn no county grand liiry to expert tho county treasurer's books has since gone to jail for petty larceny A warrant was recently issued for the arrest, of John Hall, a prominent aiclntect of lx)s Angeles, on a charco oi perjury in a timber culturo claim. San Diego has received an order from Colima, Mexico, for twelve miles of rails, twenty-four cars and other necetsary equipments for a horse-car lino. Tho .Mexican Telegraph company has arranged for tho laying of a now cable across tho gulf to Galveston, the present ono being found inadequate to transact the Mexican and Central i - ? t ii.i American uusiuess now iiuiuiieii, Judgo Lyman Follott, who left Louis Wandoror, a boy, was found nol guilty of stealing Mrs. Somidlin's chickens at San Jose, and his guar diau has brought a suit for $5000 against Mru. Schmidlin. T ho 'legislature of Montana has adopted a resolution, almost unani mously, protesting against tho admis sion ol Utah Territory as a State on tho grounds of polygamy. Engineers aro now at work on tho proposed peninsular railroad leading luo Hue will be Ariz,, in a very snort timo. Ho is deeply interested in tho Samoan situation, and is anxious to return to his post, but is ttill moro anxious that tho people of the United States should aroiibu themselves to an intelligent ap preciation of tho importance of main taining tho indopondouA) of the islands, iu order thut tho government may properly maintain its interests there, To a pint of warm boiled hominy add a pint of milk or water and a pint Heat two or three eggs anu stir into the batter with a little salt Fry as any other griddle cake. Tho farmer who thinks that to make money he must go where land is cheaper, should consider well if he would not make more money by mak ing tho land ho has deeper and richer, Tho elements of tho fundamenta principles of farming are: Soil, heal moisture, muscle nnd bram power, The commingling of these five ele mcnts produce tho key to successful farming. Pumpkins for cows havo best effect when fed before very cold weather, for there is less absorptiou of animal heat to warm tho mass forty or fifty pounds that a cow will take into her stomach. A neat and well-kept farm indi cates that tho owner is thrifty. Iho nianuro heap is the most important thing now. If tho heap is sheltered so as to prevent loss, and so managed that everything that can be added to it can bo decomposed, it will effect a saving and prevent tilth in the barn yard. Wo do not produae potatoes enough for homo consumption if tlio fact that such products are imported are taken into consideration. If foreigners can ship their products 3000 miles to reach us, we can, with our improved machinery on our cheaper lands, pro duce more than may be required in this country. Sheep manure contains from 90 to 1)5 per cent of tho plant food con tained in tlio rations consumed by tho sheep. It is, therefore, a very rioh fertilizer, ns experience has shown. It is especially rich in nitrogen in an available form, and for that reason is excellent for use as a starter in the hill for corn and potatoes. All smutty corn or husks should be burnt. It is better to take precaution for next year than to attempt to pre vent smut by some remedy. It would have bjon best to destroy the affected stalks when growing, but even now no traces of smut should bo allowed to exist. Seed should never be selected from a field containing smutty year of corn. When grain and hay crops aro sold off' tho land they carry away the fer tility of tlio farm, but when such crops aro fed to stock not only is a portion of the crop left over as ma nure, but a higher price is received for such crops in tho shape of beef, pork, mutton or milk,' which enables tho farmer to restore any loss of fer tility by the increased receipts conse quent upon tho keeping of stock. Tlio improper keeping of cream, and allowing it to become fcour whilo waiting for more, and tho failure to keep the milk and cream in some place of oven temperature, is the cause of nearly all poor butter. The quality of the cream should bo uni form, and no mixing of different ages can ho ono safely. No amount of working tho butter can compensate for tho injury done before churning, and overy portion of the work should be douo speedily and not bo made de pendent on something that is to follow PORTLANDJIMARKET REPORT GROCEHIES-Sugare have fallen ir since our last report. We quote C eje, extra C 5jc. dry granulated OJc, cube,, crushod and powdered 73c. CoH'cs firm, Guatemala 18;fal21 c, Costa Rica 8Jfe21c, ltlo20(aJiUc, SalvadorW&iMc, Arbucklo's roasted 23jjc. PROVISIONS Oregon hams are quot ed atl3Vlllc, breakfast bacon lUJftalljc, Eastern meat Isqnoted as fololws: Hams YA(a VS9, Slnclnirs M15c, Orgon break fast bacon 13i(g)14c, Eastern ia13 c. FRUITS-Green fruit receipts 1239 bxs. Hard fruit Is scarce, and the supply of ap ples not equal to the demand. Apples 65(2) K5 per bx, Mexican oranges $1, lemona 1 00.50 per bx, bananas 3.0ce4.50. quinces 40 60c, VFGETADLE5 Market well supplied. Cabbage $ .lc per It, carrots and turnips "5c per sack, red pepper 3c per lb. potatoes 3M0c per pack, sweet lj(6(c per lb. DRIED FRUITS-Recelpte 01 pkges. Sun-dried apples I'ffoc per lb, factory sllc-d 8c, factory plums 79c, Oregon prunes 7".l)c, pears 0 o-lOc, peaches SftlOc, raNius Sil$!i.2o per box, Call ornia figs 8c, Smyrna 18c per lb. DAIRY PRODUrE-OreRon creamery and choice dairy 33e, medium 7fe30c Cal ifornia fancy 30c, choice dairy 274c, eastern 25(c&30c. EGGS Receipts 203 cases. Oregon 25c. POULTRY Chickens Sofa 5.25, for largo young and 4 4 75 for old, turkeys 14f15c per lb, dueks ?5(17 per dozen. WOOL Valley 18g20c Eastern Oregon 10(o15c. HOPS-Choice 814c. GRAIN Valley 1.35, Eastern Oregon $1.30 Oats 3335c. Fi OUR Standard 84.50. other brand 84.25, Dayton and Cascade 9-1.10, GJaliam 3.25, ryo flour 96, do Graham S5.E0. FRESH MEATS-Uccf, live, 313lc, dressed 7c, mutton, live, 3J(?3tc, dressed 7c. lambs S2.60 each, hogs, live, 5i(a0c, dressed 77J, veal 0u Sc. HOW DICE ARE MADE. ' I H'lmt a ICcpnrtr Suvr In tlio Shop of na Old Froncli Turner. In a dingy littlo shop on ono of tho upper floors of an old building in Ann street, an old Frenchman works day after day making dice, llo uses old ivory cane heads, umbrella handles, damaged billiard balls and job lots of ivory that ho buys for n song. Tho floor around his work-bench and lathes is littered with tho dust, chips and fragments of ivory on which ho is at work. Ho uses a fino saw, which is operated by a treadle, a turning lathe, a butlling or polishing macnlno and a number of sharp chisels and drills. Tho Frenchman has been a turnor and carver of ivory all of his lifo. Ho works from daylight until dark overy day, and frequently uses a dilapidated lamp to light him at his work lato at night. IIo cuts out tho littlo squares of ivory deftly and accurately. Then placing tho cubo in tho latho ho boros tho requisite number of holes, and in serts small ebony plugs in them to mako tho black spots. Tho surfaco is ground smooth by a whirling among' wheels, and is then polished with pumico stone. Several sizes of dico aro mado, but tho smaller ones aro most in de mand. Sporting mon profor hand- madodico to thoso mado by machinery. Thoy aro morn perfect in shapo and are evonly balanced. Tho machine mado varioty m-o often imperfect and havo a tondoncy to throw ono sido up oftoner than other sides. It is an easy mattor to boro into ono of tho spots and put in a plug of lead, causing tho opposite number to appear nearly overy time. N. Y. Mail and Express. A correspondent in tho Southern Live Stock Journal gives tho following as a remedy for thumps in hogs: Givo ono tablespoonful of vaseline, petroleum jelly (not carbonized). Re peat every twenty-four hours as long as necessary. The great advantage of tho remedy, aside from it? efficacy, is tho ease witli which it is given. It is a job to drench a hog, but this vas eline slips down 60 easily that thero is no time for strangulation. In ex treme cases it is best to blister under neck and between front legs with cmi tharidal collodion. Although no definite rule can bo laid down to be followed in coverint: seeds, it is safe to say tlio larger the seed the deoper the covering should be. Tho old rulo of covering seeds to a depth equal to four times tho diam- otor of the seed, will not answer in all cases. Iho writer's experienco would leail him to advocate a greater dentil of sowing as a general rule. A depth equal to six times tho diameter of tho seed would bo more suitable for the majority of seeds. Potato seed cut in the usiul way will givo pieces varvinc . ... i . . . . . in uucKiiess irom nail an inch to an inch in thickness. According to our rule, tins seed would call for a cover ing of four and one-half inches a depth which has beon oraoticallv demonstrated to bo most advantaeeous on well-drained soils. The eamo rule may bo applied to most other seeds with equally satisfactory results, but ai ino samo timo it is not held up as f . 1 1 : i i , i ... uu iiuuMiuio guiuo unuer an circum stances and conditions. Drainugo, amount of mointuro, depth of soil, and many othor conditions must bo conaulttred by the nitellicent cultiva tor in deciding this question for him self. The dead of Readinc. Pennsylvania. who were crushed in tho debris of the collapsed silk mill, number eighteon, and livo persons in tho paint hhop wero burned to death. Tho iniiiritil ro about ninety. At Pittsbure suv- onteen wore killed by tho falling Gor- mania iiani: building walls. Over fifty wero injured. Thero is a Massachusetts maiden so modest that sho would not look at a salad dressing. Rochester Express. Customer "What yo' chargo for glttin fotografs took? Photographer "Imporials, $0 por dozen; duplicates, $3 por dozon." Customer "Wall, I guoss Plo joshab haf dozon duplicates tookon." jllarpers Weekly. Sharj "What is tho strongest day of tho week, Kotchum??" Ketchum (who is not on tho ovo of bankruptcy) "Friday, 1 suppose." Sharp "No. Sunday; all tho others aro week days. Soo?" Detroit Free Press. Miss J. R Harrison is reckoned ono of tho most profound arclicoolo gists in England. Miss Harrison has mado a specialty of tho interpretation of tho p'ctorial record of tho Greek vase, and has lectured to largo audi oncos nt tbo South Kensington Musoum on this subject The proceods of thoso lectures 6ho has given to tho British. Bchool at Athens. Mrs. Uuraphroy War,q author of "Robert Elsmore," tho most popular book of tho day, lives In Russoll squm-o, London, noar tho British Museum, in a houso full of books and flowers. Sho Is described as "a won dorfully charming person, slight and most gracoful In figure and movoment, and with a suggestion in hor brilliant faco of hor undo. Mr. Matthow Arnold. In his volumo of professional rem iniscences Colonol Maploson, spoak ing of lima dl Murska, says that she traveled with a monkey, two parrots, an Angora cat and a Newfoundland dog. Tho last always dined nt tho tablo with hor off a plato laid for him, and ho novor dropped a morsol on tho floor or oven on tho tablo-cloth. Such excellent manners might bo ob Jorvcd with profit by many who havo had bettor opportunities for loarnlng tho otlquotto of tho tublo. Owen Brown, a son of old John Brown of Kansas, died recently near Pasadena, Cal. Ho was eoventy-foiir years old, and is said to be tho last survivor of tho Harper's Ferrv affair. Isadoro Lewi?, a tobacco ami cigar doaler in San Diego, has commenced suit for 110,000 damages against tho Bradstruet Mercantile ngonoy. Tho agency had declarod ho had mado un assignment.