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
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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
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.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.