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THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers UNION, OREGON. GROWTH OF ALASKA. Extract from tlu Anniml Tic-port of Governor A. 1. Sirlnrroril. Tlio Governor of Alaska, A. P. Swincford, in his annual report to tho Secretary of tho Interior, states that tho whlto population has greatly in creased and ho 03timatcs that thcro aro 35,000 natives. Tho total popula tion is -19,850 and of this number thoro aro G.500 whites, 1,900 Creoles and L 950 Aleuts. In regard to tho settle ment of tho public lands tho Govern or states that all settlers in Alaska upon public lands aro mcro squatters who aro awaiting' legislation from Con press which will onablothcm to sccuro titles. All tho salmon factories in tho Territory, seventeen in number, aro located on tho public hinds. Ho asks favorable consideration by tho depart ment of tho bill ponding boforo Con gross proridlng for tho organization of tho 'Territory. Tho Governor Bays that as far as ho knows thcro aro no practical farmer or gardonors in tho Territory. The only obstaclo in tho way of agriculture, in tho opinion of tho Governor, is that tho lands aro not available for settlement. Ho says that tho climato is favorablo and tho soil rich. Ho sees no reason why Alaska may not ultimately rival Montana and Wyoming as a cattlo country. Tho slum) mino on Douglass Island, which tho report states is tho largest in tho world, has an estimated output of $150,000 in gold per month. Othor gold mines aro being doveloped in tho sumo, and tho roport notes tho salo of four claims for $1,500,000. Promising uilvcr discoveries havo been made. Tho Govornor thinks that thcro is enough coal in tho Territory to supply tho wholo of tho United States for centuries. Thoro aro fourteen pub lic schools in Alaska, which last year woro placod under tho chargo of tho Territorial board. Tho Goyorn or recommends that tho gonoral agent bo mndo moro amonablo to tho authori ty of tho board of which ho is a mem ber and socrotary. Last year, tho ro port statos, tho gonoral agent was ab Bont for six months from tho Territory without lcavo. In addition to tho public schools, thoro uro eight Proto3t iuit,two Catholio and sovoutoon Grrcco Jtussian mission schools. Tho Govorn or roltornlos tho chargos made in tho annual roport rotative to tho violation of law and tho ill treatment of tho na tives by tho agents of tho Alaska Com mercial Company. Ho credits tho com pany with adhering faithfully to its coutraeta with tho Government as to tho numbor of seals to bo killed on tho seal islands and tho trontmont of tho natives, butolsowhoro in tho Territory, Jio says, wlioro tho company rule Is Hiiproino, "tho peoplo aro little bettor than serfs of that powerful company." Washington Letter. , COBBLE PICKERS. l'oor Wriilolir Who I'lrlc Up a I.lvine Around Iron Mill. A peculiar and not altogether pleas ing sight about tho Iron and stool works in this city is tho groups of men, women and children that are con stantly prodding and digging in tho elndor dumps, and are known as "cob bio pickors." lho men aro always old and froquontly weak and tottering, Tho mark of poverty is on all womon, and tho children, who aro in the ma jority, aro abjeot-looking creatures, and range from the ago "of eight to ulxtoon. Cobbles are tho bits of iron and stool that remain among tho cinders from tho furnaces and are dumped with thorn on tho cinder idles. On tho gathering of those bits of motal tho small army of toilers re ferred to ((opond for their living. With lioos and rnkoa they dig in tho clndoro as thoy aro dumped, and struggle and puBh and wrangle for tho possession of tho motal as it is uneovorod. Each picker has a basket In which is placed tho rosult of tho pickings. Over two l(undrcd persons dally delve on tho grimy dump for cobblos. While thoy will use all manner of moans to sccuro possession of a lucky llnd In tho dumps, after a picker has tilled his basket and emptied it on his "pile," a few foot away, there Is not ono among tho curious and by no moans scrupu lous pickers who would touch ono of tho cobbled in it. Each picker has his or her pile of cobbles, and tho iron company's teamu como around at inter vals. Tho drlvor weighs each pile, gives tho owner a vouchor for It, una takes tho accumulated metal to the scrap heaps to bo molted again. Tho earnings of tho oobblo-piokors rango from $10 to $10 a mouth, and thoro aro womon who havo been on tho dumps for yours. Tho ease of ono woman and her twolvo-yoar-old daugh ter is notorious, because thoy earn not only their own living, but enough to fued and clothe tho husband and father, who Is an employe of tho Iron-works, und gets $100 a month, which ho squanders In drink and riotous living as soon as he Is paid. Ono old man on tho cobblo dumps, who Is barely able to buvo enough to keep him from starv ing, was ouco a prominent business man worth at least $.10,090. Tho work of cobblo-plckliig is ono of the lowest forms of human occupation, and ita degrading olToct on tho young glrlH and boys engaged In It Is only too apparent. Many efforts havo beon rondo by church nnd other societies in Johnstown to suppress cobblo-plcklng among tho children, but with indltior cat success. Johnstown Special. MISCELLANEOUS, iSLECTOHAL At 13 SENOEKS REFUSED THE1U MILAGE. Tho Marlow Band of Texas Dospeaadoa Disband Tho President and Cash ier of a .Georgia Bank In Jail for Thoft. The Clenr Lake Imnk.at Mason City, Iowa, tins clobed its doors. Snow fell at Pcnsacola, Fla., last week, tho first time in 22 years. Mr. Jus. G. lilnine, jr., has signed a contract to go on tho stage for three year. Two fccliool children near Hitchcock, I). T., perished in tho snow storm of last week. The West Virginia Democratic leg islative caucus bus agreed to support Kenna for the senatorship. Tho messenger with the electoral vote of Florida did not leave tho state. No reason is given for doing eo. Ives and Stuynor woro unable to ob tain $250,000 bail, and are locked up in Ludlow street jail, Jew York. Ex-Governor Porter, of Indiana, is authority for the statement that War ncr Miller will bo in tho cabinet. It is anticipated that about 30 men will bo discharged from tho apprais ers' ollico at New York in a day or two. The House committee on commerce will recommend the building of lighthouso near the mouth of the Siushuv river, Or. Jack Carkcek, the Cornish wrestler, defeated Tom Cannon, tho English champion, at Milwaukee, last week best threo in live falls. President Tolloron nnd Cashier Ilichards, of the Mercantile Banking Company, at Atlanta, Ga., havo been tent to prison for theft. F. J. Marshall, formerly cashier of tho Northern Pacihc Express Compa' ny, at St. Paul, is under arrest for embezzling monoy from tho company. Tho Indianapolis peoplo are await ing with pationco tho roport of the grand jury to see tho names of thoso who have hud bills returned against them. The Marlow gang of deporadoes, oh the bordor of Texas and tho Indian Territory, has been broken up, IJ00110 Marlow, tho head, being killed, and his two brothers wounded. Senator Stowart received yesterday from the Nevada legislature a memo rial to President-elect Harrison, re questing tho appointment of a Pacific Coast man 111 his cabinet. Tho shortage of Moore, tho Indian apolis agent of the Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company, may reach to $1,000,000, He has been missing for threo days, and i3 believed to bo in Canada. Julian 0. McCluro, a proniinout man of Jackson county, Ind., has dis appeared. It was reported tnat no is short in his accounts as guardian minor heirs to tho amount of $2:1,000, Keeloy, of motor fame, who had been imprisoned for contempt of court in not answering questions propound ed to him. lias been released, becauso tho case in which ho was under exam ination was not fairly at issuo. Rudolph Ericsson, of New Britain Conn., inventor of tho new explosive. extralito, has received a letter from 1ih uncle in Sweden, stating that the right to uso tho discovory in England has beon sold for lO.OOU. Tho Supremo Court of Now York hav allirmcd the verdict of the Circuit Court of $15,000 against the million airo cofieo merchant, Charles Arbuokle, in the breach of promiso suit brought by Clara Campbell, of Ironton, Ohio, Ida Wilcox, daughter of Mrs. C Wilcox, of Bainbridep, N. Y., a pretty uirl of 17 years, was arrested in Paris last week, with a Dr. Sellor, of Eng laud, with whom she had oloped. Dr. Seller, it is said, has a wife in Eng laud. The American ship, Honry Villurd, cleared from New York last week for Seattle, W. T., with a gonoral cargo of merchandise. 1 hi is the lirst vessel that has ever loft New York for Seattle and sho wil 00 lobably two nionths on tho trip. Thrco messengers carrying state electoral .o'c havo not beon paid their mileage, because tho certificates identifying them are sealed in an en velope which cannot bo opened until February 1H. Tho messengers come from Colorado, Kansas and Alabama, Tho postniaster-gonoral has sont to the chairman of the house committee on pontoflieos and post reads a pro nosed plan for tho classification of clerks in all first and second class post olllccs. The general etlectof thisolas sulcatum of the present lorce, it is said, would ho to increase tho nggic gale salaries by about $300,000. The roport of tho Atchison directors resulted in no enthusiasm in Boston, hut if any increased tho gloom, for it is evident Unit the wholo truth has not yet been told, hut that there is something being held back. Wall strett tried to boom tho stock, and did eond it up a few points, but a full de tailed statement of tho condition of lho system is necessary to socuro con fidence. General llarrifon will probably start for Washington on the evening of Sun day, February 21. His route is not Bottled, but it will probably be by the "Big Four" line to Cincinnati and than over the Baltimore & Ohio. The American mechanics of Lan caster are buying Hags for tho public schools of that city. FROMaWASHINGTON. HAYTIAN PRIVATEERS BEING TED OUT IN NEW YORK. FIT- German Government Spies EngRouto to tho United States Samoan Mat- L toiB Becoming Moro So h, rlous Land Matters. It is asserted in Washington by those in a position to know that mat ters have reached a i-enous state in Sa moa. The natives have worsted the Germans repeatedly, and according to lute dispatches Germany now propones to subdue them by preventing arms being sent in. Tho newspapers read by Americans have beon suppressed, and the polico of Apia are openly con trolled by Germans. A private cablegram recently re ceived at Washington announces that the German government has orded a military attache to report at Wash ington to the German minister. His business, it is said, is to investigate and report to his government every thing of interest concerning the Amer ican army and navy. Tho Kepublican Senators in caucus have adopted a resolution insisting upon the admission as States of North and South Dckota, Montana and Washington. Whilo it is regarded as expedient that the two Dakotas hold a constitutional convention, the Sena tors are resolved that another vote shall not be required upon the ques tion of division. There is a disposi tion for the adoption of a non-partisan coiiiso in regard to New Mexico. The case brought in tho interest of some Oregon cottiers has been de cided by tho commissioner of the gen eral land ollice. Heretofore tho of lice 1 has required a new publication and new proof in cases whore claimants havo made proot at a day other than that indicated in lho notice of publi cation, or taken before an officer other than that named in tho notice. Tho practice now will bo to receive the proof and submit tho entry to a board of tquitablo adjudication, where, if thoro aro no other irregularities, tho entry will bo approved and recom menced for a patent. Commissioner Wright, of tho de- nnrt.ninnt. nf liihnr. lnifl submitted ai report which relates entirely to tho subject of working women in large cities. Tho report shows that the working women aro practically girls, whoso average ago is twonly-iwo years, and that out of tho 10,427 cases inves tigated, only 183 wero in bad health. At a recent meeting of the Ameri can Mapping and industrial league, Gen. Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, was elected president for the ensuing year. Resolutions wero adopted favoring the passage of a tounago bill, which auks for an allowance from the govern ment for United States built and owned vesbels, of 30 cents a ton for each 1000 miles sailed, or Bteamed ; also favoring a system of coast de fenses ; tho building and equipment of a strong navy ; tho improvement of harbors and rivers throughout tho wholo couniry; adequate compensa tion for carrying tho mails; and tho passage of a navy reserve bill. Tho llaytian minister at Washing ton has informed tho secretary of stato that soveral vessels are being fitted out at New York for an expe dition against liny ti. The matter has been referred to the treasury depart ment, with the result that the collec tor of customs at New York was spec ially instructed to see that no viola tions of the neutrality laws wero com milted at that point. Tho President has sent to tho Son ato tho name of D. Wade, of Mon tana, to bo chief justice of that Terri tory. In Oregon and Washington Terri tory, and it is stated in California, there are many excellent government lands, which would bo at once nettled on wero tlio land Biirveycu. 1 nore aro also hundrodu of wttlers, in Ore gon especially, who are living on land and have been trying, for years to got. thoir laud, but, otviig to the small pneo allowed surveyi-rs iy t no gov ernment for tho work, thoy could not undertake to survey it. I Frionds of silver are romowhdt in dignant that Senator Allison has re-; fused to accept tho portloho of tho Treasury department. Thoy claim that ho has an opportunity to restore silvor to its former standing 111 coin age An important proviso of tho Okla homa bill as passed by the house re cently is one reciting that nothing in the act orgainiing tho territory shall be construed to authorize any person to cuter upon or occupy any lands 111 the Cherokee outlet and Oklahoma proper, for settlement or otherwise, until after tho Indian tribes and com' missioners shall have concluded an 1 agreement to that ell'ect. It is also provided that any person who may on tor unon auv part of tho land con tr.iry thereto and prior to tho time of 1 the President's proclamation opening the same, shall not bo permitted to make entry upon any lands in tho tor-, ritnrv. 1 - - v - ReprosentatiYO Hormann lias pro- Honted to Congress a petition signed by 000 settlers on tho high hunts of Eastern Oregon, asking for tho for feiture by Congresu of Tho Dulles mil itary wagon road laud grant and tho Northern Pacific railroad land grant. Petitioneaa aver that neither of thoeo companies has complied with tho con ditions of its grant, and that the pro gress of the couutry is retarded by the niltiru of tho people to obtain titles to their homes, or to acquire lands by 1 settlement. . I THE PAOiflO COAST. THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A FARMER AT HANTAQUIN, UTAH. Antagonism Between the Governor and Leglalaturoof New Mexico Pros pectors on the Island of Tex ada Minor Mention. Baker City, Oregon, is lighted gas. witli Diphtheria is almost epidemic at St. J 1 clena. Osgood,S.ui Diego county, has a new poatolhce. Bedding is to have a new three-story hotel and opera house. Forestville, Sonoma county, is to build a $20,000 hotel this spring, Fires of unknown origin aro becom ing quite frequent at Los Angeles A three pointbuck was lassoed while swimming m Putah creek last week. A Mrs. Gubleman is charged with the crime of murdering her infant child at Woodland. James Corrigan, lately from Kansas, while drunk, was kilt by the cars at Fresno recently. For 25-ccnts tho hack drivers at Walla Walla, W. T., will tako a person to any part of the city Thirty thousand acres of grain will be plinted in tho San Jacinto Valley, San Diego county, this season The boys at Sonoma celebrated the arrival of the hook and ladder truck by a torchlight procession. The cantilever bridge over the Unip- qua river at Winchester, Or., has been accepted ; it is said to be a hue struct ure. Bannock Indians, now visiting Pi utes and Washoes, in Washoe county, gave a peace dance at Reno on tho 20th ult. The dedication of the Odd Fellows' hall, at Redding, was attended with npressive ceremonies and proved a great success. The Arizona legislature have moved tho eapital from Prescott to Photnix, where the legislature will assemble in about ten days. A now steamboat, to bo named Mount Tacoma, which is to run tweon Tacoma and Whatcom, W. tho was contracted for lately. Governor Ross and the New Mexico legislature aro at swords points. All his vetoes are passed over his head and nearly all his appointments are pigeon holed. Prospectors aro staking off all of the island of Texada, where tho recent gold tind is reported. Many miners from British Columbia and Puget Sound have gone thero. The child of William Allen was burned to death at the Stonewall Mine settlement, San Diego county, yester day. The clothing of the child was ignited in some unknown way. Mrs. E. Parks, who lives near Ban gor, Butte county, fell into the Forbes town flume Sunday. She shot the flume, a distanco of three-quarters of a mile, without injury. The survey of tho Blackfoot, Fort Belknap and Fort Peck rcseivations, in Montana, has boon advertis-ed for. About 17,000,000 acres will bo thrown open to lho public. A move is being made in New Mex ico to increase the liquor license from $100 to $1,000. The legislature is urged to pass a bill to that efl'ect. The liquor men are making a savage fight. Eight tons of butter, eggs, cuted meat, etc., were shipped from Port Harford on tho 22d ult., tho greater por'.ion of which was sont south to feed tho citizens of Los Angeles and San Diego. In Utah the census of children of sciiool age, between six and la years, shows that thero are in the Territory 011 boys and 3 041 girls of non-Mormon parents, mid 34.0S2 boys and 2;i,2Sy girls of Mormon parentage. Tho result of tho Luguna de Tacho grant land suit at Fresno, it is Ftiid, will bo to transfer a water monopoly from one party to another. Nothing will bo gained for the publio and the interest is more 01 curiosity to see who will win than to anticipate bono ats. Farmers in tho southwestern part of Grass Valley township, Nevada county, are organizing fcr tho purpose of constructing an inigatiou ditch to take water from the South uba Canal Company and lend it over Dross Sum mit, by Osborno hill, through Forest Springs, and thon on down tho coun try. At Santiiquin, Utah, J. Anderson, aged X years, has for some time past trained his 8 year-old girl cousin to the use of lire arms. He would place the muzzle of nn empty gun to his head and the girl would pull the triggor and snap the weapon. Thursday ho loaded tho gun with buckshot and playfully placod tho muzzle in his mouth, ask ing tho child to pull the trigger. She did so, and Anderson's head was blown to pieces, lie was despondent and had taught tho child to act as sho did, with tho deliberate intontion of being killed. Membo.s of the New York legisla ture complain of being worried by corrupt lobbyists. Cincinnati is airanging for fuel gas, and expects to get it for 10 cents per 1000 feet. Gold deiios.t of great value are re- J ported as having been discovered in the stale of Guanojuato, Mexico. Throo womon contested for tho li- 1'nirianslnp 01 tho state ot tonnessee. t iu AGEIOULTTJRAL, SECRET OF BREEDING FEEDING CATTLE. THE AND Tho IPropor Management of Seed Pota toesThe Advantages of Well fchod Horses A Receipt for Preserving Eggs. Grooming should bo thoroughly per formed on every horse at least once a day. Never groom a horse in its stall while the horse is eating, but take it out for the purpose. Otherwise the dust and dirt which fill the air becomes mixed with the horse's food, making it unpalatable and unwholesome. . Breeding sows should be given com fortable, clean quarters, with freedom, or, at least, the liberty of a yard large enough for moderate exercise. Do not let them run with cattle or horses, though, they should have generous and plentiful rations of bran and other muscle-forming food, but not much Indian corn or meal. Skim milk, bran, oil-meal, boiled to a thin gruel, peas, etc., aro good foods for them. The management of seed potatoes is one of tho important arts of the potato grower. The chief point is to prevent them from sprouting, and for this purpose a low temperature as near to the freezing as is possible, without touching it, is desirable. Nearly ev erywhere farmers find that the lato varieties of potatoes are more product ive than the early ones. le not this partly due to the fact that early varie ties have been injured by sprouting, while late varieties are less liable to this injury. Tho'following receipt has been tried by a lady who says she has eggs that were preserved by it four years. They are still good. Take one pound of uuslacked lime and one pint of com mon salt to two gallons of soft water. Put your eggs on end, in layers, in any good tight vessel a jar is good. when as full as you wish, make enough of the brine to completely cover tho eggs. If you put the eggs down as gathered each day, add some of the bnue so as to keep all complete ly covered all the while. In breeding and feeding cattle the first legitimate purpose is to make the animal do the very best that it will. The saving of food in the direction of depriving the stock of all that it will eat has no place 111 the calcula tion at all. It is true that in some cases the animal will cat its head off, though that will occur only with scrub stock. But in such cases the animal should bo got rid of. It does not de stroy the rule that profitable dairying demands abundant food and good f aid. Probably meal will finish up a steer better than ear corn, but for tho bulk of tho feeding there aro no trials to which we can point that show in favor of meal over whole corn. A step still further in the right direction is to feed unhusked corn, fodder and all, to the cattle. Such innovations may appall many farmers, but what we aro drift ing toward is not more complicated methods of feeding, but big crops to feed, better stock to feed it to, and simple, rational methods of getting feed to the animals. If the owner of a small farm brings to his work tho business capacity and good judgment which the largo land owner does, it is very evident that, proportioned to the acres cultivated, he will have the most money at the end of tho year. Hired help is not only expensive, but at times very un certain and unreliable, but a man's own hands, with a heart in his work, which seldom accompanies hired help, are always available for every little de tail on which success depends. Many men will do moro with ten acres and get moro ut of, and from them, than others v ill with a hundred. It re quires as much labor, however, for the ten as tho hundred. It is intelligent labor and good management that count on a farm, hence it is that small farms pay tho In st and that farmers continually complain that there is 110 money in farming. To our way of thinking, and wo aro familiar with eveiy department of farm business, and measurably to with tho city, there is no enterprise one can engage in which oilers better opportunities for a healthful, independent and suc cessful life than a moderate sized farm under good management. Thoro are many who never take a ramble in tho woods in the winter sea son. They seem to think that because tho trees, save tho pines, hemlocks, etc., are bare, and becauso tlio birds have left for a wanner climate, thoro is nothing to be seen in tho wotuls in winter. Those who have learned properly to use their eyes, will find that the woods present enough of in torost at all seasons to make 11 visit to them profitable at any season. Lum bermen, who work at felling trees, do so in the winter only, and can distin guish trees with great accuracy, and tell ono kind of tree from anothor as far oil' as thoy can see them. They do this from tho peculiar way in which tho treo branches, and tho color and markings of tho bark. Wo have found that these same lumbermen, if shown tho leaves and flowers of tho trees with which thoy aro so familiar in winter, tail to recognize them , in deed many aro surprised to learn that forest trees havo flowers. To be able to recoguizo trees at all season, and to namo them accurately, whether they have leaves or not, is a ful ;ort l(f knowIcd0 ;hiuh cvon. iner should acquire. Tho carpenter, the cabinetmaker, and all other work ers in wood, whilo they may not bo able to recognize tho troos, oan tell at onoo, from a more chip, the kind of wood thoy aro handling. PORTLAND MARKET REPOR1 GROCERIES -Sugars have fallen C Jc since oar last report. We quote cube, extra C 5c. dry granulated 05c. cube crushed anil powdered 7jc. CoflVs firm, Guatemala lSjt&iH'c, Costa Rica I81W21C Hio20 (5!l,c, SalvadorlS&20e, Arbuckle's roasted 23c. PROVISIONS Oregon hnras arc qfot ed at 121 13 c, breakfast bacon 13(toc" Eastern ni"at isqnoted as fololws: Hams Vl(alS9, Sfnclairs 14 a 15c, Oregon break fast b con 13i(o,14c, Eastern 13fel3 c. FRUITS Green fruit receipts 1239 bxs. Hard fruit Is scarce, and the supply of ap ples not equal to the demand. Apples (15(2) $1 per bx, Mexican oranges 84, lemons iO'ijO.oO per bx, bananas 3.0C?4.50, quinces 40 u 00c, VFGETABLES Market well supplied. Cabbage j p lc per n, carrots and turnips 5c per sack, red pepper 3c per tb, potatous 35;a40c per sack, sweet ljtozc per lb. DRIED FRUITS-Receipts 01 pkges. Sun-dried apules 450 per lb, facUry slic-d 8c, factory plums 70c, Oregon prunes 7'"0c, pears 0 " 10c, peaches 8 10c, raUins ?!l'aj2.25 per box, Call ornia figs Sc, Smyrna 18c per lb. DAIRY PRODUCE-Oregon creamery and choice dairy .Too, medium i7(630c Cal ifornia fancy 30c, choice dairy 27Jc, eastern 25(ftu0c. EGGS Receipts 203 eases. Oregon 25c. POULTRY Chickens 5(5:5.25, for large jouiik and $1 - 4 75 for old, turkeys llteloc per tb, ducks ?57 per dozen. WOOL Valley 1820c Eastern Oregon 10fc15c. HOPS-Choice 8?14c. GRAIN Valley 81.35, Eastern Oregon 1.30 Oats 33J835c. F' OUR Standard 84.50, other brand St.25, Dayton and Cascade 84.10, Cialiam ?3.25, rye flour 80, do Graham 85.60. FRFSIl MEATS Reef, live, 3i3Jc. dressed 7c, mutton, live, tyfl'A c, dressed 7e, lambs S2.60 each, hogs, live, SJOc, dressed 7&7J, veal CtuSc. STORIES OF DUMAS. Huxr lin Omit Novllit Corrortoil ;: i-l 1 til :t li mill n DUIcenro Drlvor. In tho preface to a new book on sport by tho Baron deVoux, Aloxandor Dumas fits tells somo interesting stories of his father and grandfather, of which 4 we reprodueo the following: Pt'MAS AND TUP. CAHMAJf. My father had inherited from my grandfather remarkable strength, of which I had tho first experience when I was fourteen or fifteen yoars of age. Ono Sunday ho had taken mo to tho Gymnaso. At tho end of tho play it rained in torrents. Ho moved toward a fiacre stationed on tho boulevard and signaled mo to follow him. Ho gave an address to tho cabby, who stood up right boside his vehicle, into which wo prepared to mount. Tho coach man put his hand on tho door saying: "I don't movo a step for less this time than livo francs for tho journev." "Will you not movo?" "No." "Once, twice, thrice." Cabby did not respond, but remained with his hand on tho door. Thon my father seized him round tho waist, lifted him up from tho ground, and planting him on the seat said: "Go now." Then taking his plaeo in tho cab, ho said: "Bear in mind always how to do with in ob.slinnto coachman." I havo not forgotten tho procedure, but I havo never put it in practico not that cab men havo becomo moro civil, but that other things aro different. My father did not seek for oppor tunities to show his strength, but ho rapidly seized them when they wero presented. During a journoy wo nnido in tho neighborhood of Lyons in tho year 1839 the conductor of tho dili gence by an ingenious dovieo, induced us all to descend tit tho foot of a hill, to unstiffen our limbs, as ho aid. As soon its the carriage was empty tho driver jumped into his plaeo and sot tho horses off at a gallop up tho hill, leaving ud to mount it on foot. It had 6iiowed tho night before, and, as tho snow had melted, wo had to wado through mud. Tho travelers disliked it tho more, inasmuch as thoro wero ladies with them. Somo of tho moro siinplo shouted to lho driver to stop, but ho went on his way, doubtloss laughing to himself. You may imagine tho recriminations of tho pedestrians, who resolved to mnko n complaint at tho first stoppage. I walked besido my father, who breathed not a word. Except for sport ho "nnd a horror of walking. "You don't say any thing," said I. "No, but you will see when we got to the top." Wo camo thoro last, and on tho plateau, when tho diligence had final ly stopped, wo found tho conductor surrounded by complaining travelers. Ho replied to thorn with tho bantorin? air of 0110 who had played a cV trtck, planted on his largo fe t nncing his head on his broad dors, sticking out his great cheM. and mocking tho dollcatc-lookJ.ng towns men who woro too timid to snow their displeasure in moro than words. My fathor politely putononosido with his two hands thoso who mado a circle around tho conductor, and said to him: "Then you find this amusing?" "Yes," nnswored tho man, tittering. "I did find It funny." Ho had hardly flnlshod tho words before ho received 011 tho chest a couplo of fist blows which sont him rolling Into tho mud, hb feet in tho air, amid tho laughter nnd ap plauso of tho onlookers. Ho rose furi ous, and flow at his nssailant, who landed a couplo moro blew which cov- I ercd tho nose and mouth of tho un fortunate man with blood. Tho wit nesses of this seono now interposed, ready to help this ready interpreter of thoir scitimonts; but tho drivor dried himsolf and resumed his soat, not with out usliuj language such as was excusa ble umler the circuiiistauces. We got into our places Hsrain, ami my father was soon tnuiqullly sleeping, his hands on a stick which he hud loft in the car riage. an.lv !i..h 1 had resolved to roepver at all hazards. liothu UIuIk. V