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THE OREGON SCOUT. FROM WASHINGTON- THE PAOif 10 COAST. MISCELLANEOUS, AGKICTTLTURAL, PORTLAND MARKET REPOR1 JONES Sc. CHANCEY, - Publishors CONGRESSMAN BRBCXENHIDOE IS REQUESTED TO RESIGN. UNION, OREGON. ELECTRICAL PROGRESS. Made Scientific) nml rrnctlc.il A'lvnnciM During t'lo I'ast Year. juucu yot romtilns to bo nccom- plishod in electric condition but the groat pains of tlio closing yoar, tech nical and commercial, uro abundantly nppnront. Iho rtto nt wliich olcctrlo motors Tiavo boon installed for Btatlonary "power is scarcely loss notlcoablo thun tlio development of olcctrlo traction during tlio year. About tlio first of September it was cstimntcd that 0,000 electric motors wcro driving- mnohin ory in tho United States. A thousand havo probably been added since. It scorns reasonable to estimate the num nor put in operation for tho year at not much less than 4,000. Tho uso of tho storago battery as a means of distribution may fairly bo said to havo mado relatively slow ad vancomont, whilo in many special cases lis employment has been of great v til no nnd importance. Its problems havo hsid and continue to enlist tho closo at tention and skill of many able in vosiigaior3 anu inventors, ana it can not bo doubted that tho modern sue coss thus far attained by this obvious ly important and necessary means of distributing electricity will bo followed not long honco by such improvements ns will mnko tho accumulator a general nnd trustworthy instrument in olec trlcal engineering. Iho oloctrle light, arc and inenn doscont, has becomo so familiar to ovory body, oven In tho far Western Territories, that its continued rapid Bprcad no longer attracts attention. It is oxpoctcd ovorywhoro; its absonco in nny considerable town is more noticed than its presonco. Groat activity in tho installation of central station plants lias provnlled during the year, especial ly In ineandoscont lighting. Tho suc cess of tho alternating current method of distribution in covering largo areas of rolatlvely sparso consumption has largely stimulated tho demand for oloctrle lighting in tho smaller towns of tho country, and has also con trlbuted not a littlo toward in citing tho companies whoso businoss is based upon other mothods of dtetrl oution to improving tho capacity of their apparatus and tho sorvloonblo- noss of their lamps. Tho life of lamps lias boon materially prolonged, whilo a reduction has boon effected in tho amount of onorgy requlrod por candlo power. Whatovor may bouthought of tho policy of competition in prices, thero can bo no question of tho gonor at beuellt of competition in the olll cioney and trustworthiness of appara tus and lamps. Competition of tho formor kind, whilo sovoro, has crip plod only tho weak, while that of tho latter sort has rosultod in advantngo to both producers and consumers. Tho practical success of tho employ raont of alternating currents has ro noted in tho laboratories of belontillo research, and led to tho study of now questions, or old questions in a now light study and experiment which liavo already dono much to clear tho path of tho practical oloctrlolan In his work, and which indlcato tho early ac quisition of furthor electrical knowl edgo of groat slgnlllcanco. Tho year's solontillo and practical auvanoos nro groat enough lor con gratulation, but not groat enough to induce complacent satisfaction and ro luxation of effort. Electrical Engineer. A HARMLESS TALE. How lloimrit Oulotml t In, .JuvimiIIo l'or tloii or tlio I'orUInx lloiixuliulil. "Uomonihor, Houora," said Mrs. Perkins to tho now nurao girl, "that I do not allow tho children to hoar stories that might frlghton thorn when they go to bod. You may toll thoni ubout birds and harmless Utile fairy stories, hut nothing about boars or lions." "Yin, mom," replied llonora. and this was tho harmless littlo story bIio told that night: "Wnnst tlioro wuz. a gr-r-r-eat big inonsthor of mi animal wld horns an' a tall of hot Uro an' tooth a yard long that wlnt around in tho dead of tho nolght ntln up littlo byes tin' glrruls that boddored their inirso nskin' hor to got up uu' glvo thorn wather in tho nolght an' tell In1 how sho lift tho baby for a wurrud wld tho porlaco-inlno In tho parruk and lltlo things lolko that. An' this tor-r-rlblo big inonsthor could go rolght through solid walls, niolnd yoo., im' he'd ato yooz up 'fora Ji:. could Hcriuno out. Now cuddle up an' go to Blupo llko good byes an' glrruls ov ho'll bo aflhor yeoz av yoo. hay u wurrud. Molnd that. Sthop yerHlilvortu1 now, llirdlo; an1 phwnt do yoo. mano by chatterin1 yor tooth lolko that, WillloP To slapo wld yoo. or yooss'll bo ato up tho miiilt I takes tho light ouL" 2Ywe. Addltbnftil Appropriations in tho Naval BUI A Constitutional Govern raont for Samoa Sowoll to bo Roliovod as Consul, Tho IIouso public lands committei huvo recommended Inciter rules of pay to eurveyors in exceptional instances Senator Mitchell has introduced mil to establish u port of entry at Blaine, W. T. Senator Stowort, of Virginia, has presented a petition for tho restora' tion of silver to its place as a co-tqual measure of vah.o with gold. Tho Liberal members of Purlin mcnt at Ottawa, Canada, have decided to contiinio tho present policy, which favors unrestricted icciprocity with the United States'. Tlio benato committee on woman suffrage has repotted favorably on the joint resolution proposing a constttu tional nniondnicnt to prohibit Ihe de nial of the riyht to vole by the Unilei! Stutes, or any State, on account of sex Tho President has mado tho fol lowing nominations: C. D. Wright, oj Massachusetts, commissioner of labor; Thomas M. Vance, of North Carolina, receiver ot public niones, at JNorlli Yakima, W. T. Tho survey of tlio lands in the Um atilla Indian reservation is to be nutde before they aro effercd for sale. The fecrctary of tho interior holds tint they must first bo inspected, and an order to this ciToct has already been issued. A Congressional committee lias been examining tho construction of tho Washington aqueduct tunnel, and have concluded to order the entire lining of the tunnel replaced at the oxnonso of tho contractors, nearly $500,000. Secretary Bayard mggests a very good schenio of wonstitutional govern ment for Samoa, with a native legis lature, securing its independence and luitonomy, including tho acknowledge ment of Malic ton as king and Tama- stso as vice-king. A bill has beon favorably roported in both llousf's of Congress to plitco Gun. W. S. ltosccr.ms on tho retired list of tho army, llo is at presou reg ister of the treasury. If tlio. bill be como a law ho will receive retired pay at the ralo of $1000 per annum. Tlioro is an outspoken sontiment among tho Republican Senators and Republicans ni tho House, that a cini pleto ch iingo bo made in tho civil sorvico commission, and the commis sion lor uio JJisirict ot uoiumoin. There is not a Itopublican on either board. Tho Senate coniinitteo on military afiuird has ordored a favorable report upon tho proposition to present lurs Irono Kuckor Sheridan with $50,000 in token of tho country's appreciation of tho sorvicos rendered by hor bus baud, Gon. Phil II. Sheridan. This is urged in lieu of n pension. In view of tho insufiicient ovidonno produced to support tho charges made by Representative Steel, of Indiana against Judge Bond, of Arizona, as a basis for impeachment proceedings, tho IIouso committee on judiciary has declined to outer upon considora tion of tho case at present. Tlioro is a vory loud call for Con grcssinan JJiockinridgo, ot Arkansas to resign his scat in the next Con grcss and ask lor a new election, on account of Clayton's assassination and many of his friends aro advising lnin to do bo. They insist that this is tho only way that ho can clear him solf from the suspicion of sharing in tho results of tho assassination. Hecrotary intnoy lias issued an important order regarding tho naval records of tho war of the rebellion. It has been found on examining the pa pcis on illo in tho navy department, that almost tho only ones thore, aro those addrosBod dirootly to the depart mnnt. llo desires certified copies of all orders to ollicers and war memo randa to bo forwarded to tlio war de partment. Superintendent Thorn, of tho coiiBt WORKMAN'S DISCOVERY RICH TREASURE TROVE. OF REMARKABLE BILLS INTRODUCED INTO STATE LEGISLATURES. Clevpr Sneak Thieves at Work In San FrancliJbo A Flvo and a Quar ter Million Mortgage Tho Quakotn California. Tho Eccentric Will of a New York Ped agogueThe Ghastly Crime of a Philadelphia Street-c r Em ployee Cold Waves. Sacramento is overrun with thieves. In Ventura, Cal., flowers are bloom ing prematurely Herring are ciught in largo num bers in Humboldt bay. The Gnrney cab system has been introduced into San Diego. Smi Jones has r-ompleted his revi val meetings at Los Angt-les. The lumber mills of Olympia are pushed to their utmost capacity. It is now unlawful to sell u'oxicat- ing liquors to a woman in Nevada. .higlity-uvo boxes of opium were seizwd at San Luis Obispo, recently. Ho immediate trounlo is appre hended with the Indians near Bridge port, Mono county. It is believed that tho voters of Ne vada will defeat the lottery amend ment to the constitution. A scarlot geranium loaf in Tulare county, Cal., measured forty-seven inches in circumference. Tho asseRsmcnt roll of Vancouver for 18F9 shosvs an increase of 90 per cent over that of last year. The cold weather at Los Angeles has injured the ostrich-farm eggs that wero intended for hatching. Since electric lights were introduced at Willows, Cal., not a wild gooso bus been seen to fly over the town. Georgo Hopper, of Los Angeles, a An exodus of negro laborers from South Carolina is now in progress. President Cleveland will practice law in New York city after March 4. The new union depot at Pueblo, Col , will cost between $200,000 and $300,000. The Kansas legislature lias passed a bill rep tricting tho ownership of land in that Mate Wisconsin lumbermen are up in arms at an order forbidding logging in certain districts. The Dakota legisl turo has passed a law taxing railroad property tho same as other property. The bill to provide for inflicting the death sentence by electricity has passed the Ohio senate. i our Chinamen were scalded to death by a GeVBer at Canvou Citv. near l ellowstone Park, last week. The post-mortem medical report in the case of Crown Prince Itudolph, bHb at rest the rumors of his murder. Dr. E. A. Kelley, superintendent of tho State Insane asylum at Norfolk, Neb., has besn arrested on a charge of murder. Ohio and Kentucky tobacco grow ers havo agtced to raise twenty-five per jetit less tobacco next season than the last. It is said that Secretary Bayard has STRAW AS A MATERIAL FOR SUB STANTIAL STOCK SHELTERS. A Good Idea for a Hoist for a Barn The Treatment that Should be Given to Fowls Receipt for De stroying tho Woovli. .11,8, it ..,,i ii- , i.,.. f .. well known mining man, is the latest "onl"' lT su MUliui lllls KJ 111 Willi victim of the gold brick swindle. Several earthquako shocks are re ported to havo occurred at San Ber nardino, Co'ton and Los Angeles. Tl)t poslolnco autlionties are nego tiating for the purpose of dispatching the mail by tho Golden Gate special. Tho deposit of slickens in tho Spo kane river has alarmed tho people of Spokane Falls as to their future water supply. A San Diego man has planted ten acres in mulberry trees, preparatory to going into tlio business ot raising Bilk-worms At, Itincon.Cal., a thief had thirteen bullets put into his bodv while run ning from a party ef cow-boys who wcro after linn. Petaluma has niemoralizcd tho leg iBlaturo of California to pass a law making it unlawful to kill larks, rob ins or blackbirds Tho bill introduced into tho Nova- da legislature restricting tho wearing ot high hats in theaters, has beon do feated in the upper house J. F. Glennon, the San Francisco Thoy Both Camped Out. How did you spend tho last sinn mor?" asked ouo traveling man of an other whom ho had not seun for some time. Oh, I hud a flno time. Never en joyod myself inoro in my llfo." What did you doP" I was camping out among tho northern lakes. What did you doP" I did considerable cuuir layout my elf." "Whereabout P" 'On the rout door atop my wlta woulda't lot mo In."- and geodetic survey, has submitted an estimate for an additional appro priation of $UGS0, which ho Bays is necessary to maku the repairs on the United tatates coast and geodetic sur vey Bteanior iUoAilhur, now at ban Francisco, to put it in condition for tho work oil' the coast of Washington Territory and Oregon tho coming boh-bod. It is announced that the recall of American Consul General Sowoll from Samoa, has created an excellent feel ing in Berlin. Tho Gorman papors urge tho necessity for tho recall of tho English consul also, alleging that he contributed largely to tho trouble. Tho three powers might then no rep resented by other tiustworthy agents, who would assist m bringing about a friendly settlement. Heavy additions have beon made to the naval bill. The construction of two steel gun-boats, or eruisors, is pro vided for, to bo of from 8000 to 12,000 tons displacement, and to cost not more than $700,000; also, one steel cruiser of 2000 tons displacement, to coat $700,000. An appropriation is also made- for one ram for harbor de fense, in accordance with the pinna prepared by tho naval advisory board of 1881. In order Hint tho vessels may bo speedily built, tho appropria tion for stool machinery ia increased by $1,500,00, and that for armament by $1,100,000. All tho now vessel are to bo lighted by olootrity, ami $(0, j 000 It) appropriated for that purpose. question. A very largo meteor fell in Chicago last week. It burst into many nieces and tpecimens havo been picked up for analysis. Canada is making an effort to se cure independence of all lines of tr.if- lie pa-aing through any portion of the United States. Tho Trades assembly at Chicago at a mass-meeting has demanded the re moval of Police Inspector Bonfield and Captain Schaak. Tho cold wave and blizzard through out Canada is intense, the thermome ter registering in many places forty degrees below zero, Tho supreme court at Washington has lately decided the law constitu tional which prohibits ranchmen from fencing any of the public domain. At Marion, Indiana, an outbreak was prevented among tobacco strip pers and etenimers owing to tho im portation of negroes to do the work. Some of tho Canadians not only want annexation for their own coun- policeman who attempted to murder try to the United States, but want to Wilho Burko, has been found guilty havo Mexico annexed on the south. of assault to commit murder. ,i,i.a i:,i. i f It is reported that the O. It. and N. fered a reward of jfefiOO for f lu, !irr,.,t. will commence construction in the and conviction of the thieves who spring on a lino trom La Urundo to stole the ballot-box and noil-book last November. Joseph, in tho Wallowa valley. Tho young and dashing-looking Spaniard, who has been swindling a number of San Iraucisco hrms by means of bogus bank checks, has been arrosted. Tho wolves, it is said, aro makitnr things deadly lively in some districts in Montana, killing colts and steers. and in sonio instances pursuing hu man beings. Hartiin lager, treasurer oi ban a bill has passed the Indiana Sen wwumj ouiviu iouu, yiib juo ueciankg unlawful all trusts, found dead recently. Ho was known nools. airreomoiitH nnd inml.int.ii,nu as "honest old Hardin." and was be- hn restraint of trade, production, man- loved by all who knew him, Tho people of Santa Fo aro indig nant that a petition should have gono to Washington from Albuquerque ask ing that New Mexico should not be admitted into tho Union Tho parents of Alexander Goldon- son, the slayer ol Alumio Jvelly, li.ivf instituted suit for tho po.'-session of 101 pictures painted by him dining his ufaoture or sale. Tho IIouso will also puss tho bill. Inspector Bjufield, Cantaiu Schaak and Detective Lowenotein, prominent in tho trial at Chicago of tho anarch ists, have been indi finitely susj ended from tho police forco pending charex's of corruption. Tlio report that General Boulanger was to nave been arrested at tho insti oonflnoniont in tho San Francisco jail, gation of tho government ministers on A first niortcaco for $5,250,000 has luo 'S"t of his olection from tho dc boon filed in San Diego by represent- Pnnmt ol tho Seine, proves to bo ntivni nl Mm Mrniiti1ii 'IViihI. nnin. UHIOUlUHHl. f XT "T .1 . t 1 ' J . 1 ' v' tt , I MMn I. men. ml nHnn, lTy i yv&u, com (nr ... I'll I1, lll,l,i alint A titiii IvlailS. II VOlllltr I? I rl Who hnhnvr.il him At Urass Valluy, last 'lliursday, as Binirle. Hothnn rntnmoil t hi h,w., a cji f .i... xt ..i. . . .. . . l """"" aiipuiiiiiumiuiii, nhun-uci, ui uiu iiurui out ins wilt) s throat and ended his uannor mine, was going to town lie own life at the approach of ofiicors. was stopped on tho road by two masked men and relieved nf thr,-., um ",, introduced ill thiHinaml dollar' wnri.h nf bullion. the 1 ennsylvauia legislature prohibit f t v u.. lnK treating, and making it a penal in uiDk v unmiuiv, u. ji. Jim- ,., ..,'J,..I.I I n.... -Tt 1.... .... 1 l.:..l.l.. 1 !, "V" imuiiciiu'iu uj uiiu ui uui rim nf Mmlu Dp wiim inut.i.illv t-il n.l -. . , ..... ..........v onoto treat iinothor to tr vnu iuii uiuumuk uiib ui a uuuu spruce and striking him on the head. Sam Poster was also struck and his recovery is doubtful. Two unknown nion ontorod tho of. lico of F. ltoichling, at San Francisco, Friday last, nnd whilo ono ongaged the attention of tho clerk, the other succeeding in gaining possession of a bar of geld bullion, valued tit $ 1000. The theft was not discovered for two hours after they had disappeared. It is roported that while excavating rocontly north ol Ponawawa, a work man unearthed n cannon and a lot of ammunition which had beon buried in boxes; also n lot of silver coin, in rotten buck-skin sucks. Tradition al leges that Stoptoe, on Iub rotroat from tho Palousa country in 1851, buried the material at that placo. A clever piceo of burglary was exe cuted in a shoo store last Thursday, at San Francisco, by thro biuiiII boys. Tho eldest of the trio prot&ided to purchase a pair of slippers, whilo the .voiuigost engaged in a romp with tho oat until he got near tho wife, which stood partially ajar, when slipping his J Hand uirougii lie grasped a buck con tuiug $210 in gold and the three cool Jy walked away. 11110x101111111: liquors. Twenty-four persons, mostly all children, havo died, recently, in Wob- ster county, Kentucky, of a disease with which the doctors appear to bo unable to cope. Tho doaths usually occur from six to twolvo hours after the attack. M. W. Morriam, an eccontric Suf folk county, N. Y school-master, has willed his property in bulk to tho Unit ed States government. Ono of his rea sons was tho government was rich and could tight his sister if she at tempted to contest tho will. JIo was worth $100,000. It is proposed by the people of Mon tana to olect two Senators, to go to Washington in tho intoroat of tho Territory, and to urgo its inimediato admission into tho Union. Mr. and Mr. James Olson, with thoir three children, wero drowned in the Missouri riverat Ilismark recently when tho ico broke. Tho horse, wagon and its occupants wero all lost. Major Stewart, of Austin, Texas, is in Amv i ork in the interest of a na tional home for ex-Confederate soldiers. The longer turnips and cabbages can remain out without actually freezing, the better they are for eat ing purposes and the better thpy will keep through the winter. Economy is certainly wealth in the feeding of farm horses, and yet it does not necessarily mean stinting or cut ting off of rations. Give this matter a thorough investigation, and see if there is not more in it than a SHper licial glance would indicate. Corn meal in small quantities, lin seed meal in small quantities, and a liberal quantity of good bran meal with the roughness, will make an ad mirable winter feed for milch cows, and if given liherallv, with good shel ter, it is possiblo to secure a good How of milk during the winter; provided, of course, that you have a good breed of cows, that this feed can be given to uuring the winter. By pouring boiling water over nny kind of grain, and allowing the grain to remain twenty-four hours, it will swell and prove an acceptable change to the fowls. The soaked grain un dergoes a partial chemical change, contains a slightly larger portion of sugar, and is really more digestible. Nothing is added to the grain by soak ing it, but it will be more readily eaten for some time than dry grain, though the birds will return to dry grain as a preference if fed too long on that which is soaked. A correspondent of the Now Eng land Fanner gives the following direc tions for destroying the potato weevil : Take an ordinary manuie hod, one that ie broad and light is to bo pre ferred, and grasping it by the hole for the left hand near the mouth of the hod, with a broad and limber broom carried wfth tho right hand, pioceed through the field, placing the hod against vines infested with grubs and gently beating or sweeping them over the edge of tho hod and into it with the broom. In this way a great, majority of all the grubs in a small poiaio paicn may no garnered in a short time and destroyed. This may be of service, especially in cases where there are objections to the use of pois ons offered in the markets. A little practice will enable a person to do ex ecution with the above implements with considerable dispatch. Stra.w as a material for stock shel ters have favorable qualities: It is a very poor conductor of heat, hence it makes a warm shelter. It costs little, being produced in abundance on a largo majority of farms; and its em ployment for this purpose does not require ppecial skill beyond tho farm er. But it is not ae economical as many eupposo. it is as necessary that the top of the shelter bo water light as that the sides bo wind tight even more important. A straw roof can bo kept lain and snow proof only by frequont repairings. Straw is not a durable material and a straw shelter is not loug-iiveu. in many cases where straw shelters aro now used, a proper computation would show lum ber to be more economical ; and as it is usually cheaper to paint lumber than not to do bo, the cheapest shel ter would be a neat, substantial paint e one. One of my neighbors had a fine pen of fowls; had had thorn confined in a small, dark house, with no run at tached, and I suppose all the corn thoy could eat, as thoy wero very fat when J purcna?ett them. My neiul bor said ho was sick and tired of them i .. .i . uu uumauu ior eggs ami no eirirs could never make a living raising ian cy fowls. I was not suitably fixed for tiiKing another breed, but as I got them for $1 each, about one-tenth their value, 1 bought them and took them homo, intending to do tho best possible by them, considering tho con veniences at baud. look two order for eggs before driving home. I placed them in a small home with a 16xl(J foot run. As I said before thov were very fat. My first move was to seo that they had plenty of exercise, and tuerooy redueo them in flesh. I dt vided a portion of their run off and put in about one foot of straw, and inoy nan to scratch for a living. It was not very lone; until thov worn shelling out eggs to theirfull capacity Poultry Keeper. A good idoa for a hoist for a barn is to erect two upright posts six inches tquaro and lirnily fastoned in tho up per part of the building, ouo on either siilo of tho hatchway. Strong iron or woodon boxes attached to these posts support tlio journal of a round shaft ono foot in diameter, upon which is a wooden wheel four to six feet in diam eter. 1 he larger bizo gives increased power, but for ordinary lifting four leet is large oiiouch. Tho wheel s nuiilo of eight BOgniunts cut from two- inch plank, each ouo beitnr a nuarter of a circlo. They are put together wun upiKes or bolts m a niainior to "break joints." Before boing fastened together tho segments aro notched to receivo tho ends of tho four arms, which are also made of two-inch plank, halved together at tho center oi the wheel. Tho short end of tho shaft, as far as tho wheel goes on, is Bhaiied to fit tho square hole in the center of tho wheel. Long iron sjtikea aro driven and a groove turned in tho outer periphery of the wheel to keep tho rope from slipping off. Tho hoist rope is firmly attached to tlio Bhaft upon which it is coiled by the revolution, of tho wheel. GROCEKIES-Sugnrs. We quotcGofden C 6Jc, extra O 5)c. confectioners' A 0c, fry Knmulated cfc, cube, crushed and powdered 7c. Colle'8 Java ioc, Rio 20jc, ArbuckleV roasted 2Hc. PROVISIONS Oregon h-ms are qnot vd at 12 13lc, breakfast bacon 13c, Eastern mnt Isqnoted as fololws: Hams l'-'J"' 13', Sinclalrs 14 )5c, Oregon break fast b con 13c, Kantern 13fc13 c. FRUITS .Apples $101.35. California oranRes $34. .0 lemon i $0, bananas $3.50... 4.50. VPGKTARLE1? Cabbage c per IT, celery 8H"85c per doz bunches, carrots and turnip He per sack, onions 70 . 7cc, potatoes3 40e jkt Back. DR'ED FRUITS Sun-dried apples 5c, sllc d 11' c, Oregon prune H47c, Italian 0.', Calif irnla French 8 " lPc, peoclie- 8(S 10c pears 8 Pc, Call omla flg8c, raMna 31.75 a li per box. DAIRY PRODUCE Oregon creamery and choice dairy 25n, medium 0c Cal ifornia fancy S5c. choice dairy 2. EGGS-Oregon 23c. POULTRY Chickens $f, ducks 87.50, cesse 10, turkeys 14c. WOOL-Valluv 1820c Eastern Oregon 8(a Inc. IIOI'S-Cliolcc 8314c. GRALV-Valley 61.?.7J(ai.30, Eastern Oregon $1.22U1.35. Oat3i iS3Jc. F. OUR-Staudard 84.50, otiier brands ?4. FRPSII MEATS Beef, live, 313Jc. dressed 7c, mutton, live. 3p"3 c, dressed 7 lambs ?2.f.O each, hog-, live, oJc-Oc, dressed 7(a,7J, veal 0 8c. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. Good intentions are, nt least, tho Bced of good actions; and every man ought to sow them. Sir W. Temple. It is estimated there aro now in Europo, Asia, tho United States and Canada about fifty institutions for tho education of feeble-minded childron. No man in daily lifo ought to bo satisfied with what his lifo now is. Ho ought every day to bo looking forward to somo of thb possible improvements. E. E. Hale. It is easy to slip into a stato of spiritual coldness and indifference. Tho temptation .to it is ono that is al ways with us. Once in it, how hard to got out of it! United Presbyterian. Rock ford Seminary, at Rockford, 111., has established night schools for tho working girls of tho city. Tho fac ulty will overseo tho work, and tlio students of tho sominary will assist in tho teaching. I still boliovo that life U tho most frivolous of things, unless it is regard ed as ono great and constant duty. Lifo is only of valuo by devotion to what is truo and good. Tho aim of a lifo worth living should be ideal and unsolfish. Ernest Jlcnan. An aged man, who had lived moro than threescore years and ton, upon boing informed by his physicians .that ho had but a few hours to live, replied: "Is that so? Then death has como too soon for mo. I am not ready for it" What a molnnoholy confession with which to closo up this life, and enter upon the realities of tho one to come! N. Y. lndtpcndcnt. "For general improvement," says Dr. Johnson, "a man should read what ever his inimediato inclination prompts him to; though, to bo sure, if a man has n seienco to learn, ho must regularly nnd resolutely advance. What wo read with inclination makes a strongor im pression. If we read without inclina tion, half tho mind is employed in fix ing tho nttention, so thero is but half to be employed on what wo read." President Adams, of Cornell Uni versity, in a recent address advised students "not to rely on professors to do your work. Don't lessen individual effort. Herein is tho success of solf inado men. Tho men whom tho world wants nro those who do better than is expected of them. Sometimes thoy nro without a collego education; aro such mon as Franklin and Lincoln, who got a real liberal education and becomo monarchs in tho domain of though." Wore wo as cloquont as angols, yot should wo please some men. somo wo mon and some children much moro by listoning than by talking. lolton. It's bottah tor hub a green patch on do basomon' o' yo ynller pants dan tor sport seven dollah trousnhs an' hah tor do do sneak act ob'ry time yo seo yo tailor. Uncle J'ele. It is by plodding steadily along, day in and day out, that wo uehiovo our succ3ot. Thoy who mako their gains athorwiso ro eccentricities, and not fit, therefore, to bo takon ns oxamples. Against pnrsimony nnd niggardli ness 1 proclaim war; but with tho sumo sontonco I condemn thoso who mako a grand splash whilo thoy live, leaving their families in destitution when thoy dio. Talmanc. If ridiculo wero employed to Inutrh mon out of vlco and folly, It mi"ht bo of some uso; but it is mado uso of to laugh mon out of virtuo nnd good sonso, by attacking ovory thincr solemn and serious. Addison. Thero is nothlncr moro disannolnt- ing to tho generous man than tho wav In which his nbsoluto frankness is mot by tho man of tho world, nlwnvs look ing out for motives, and imntrlninrr them whero ho does not find thorn Donald Grant. The door and bubIi factnrv nt Ran Quentin has been ordered to close af ter March 1. The Territorial bill is still bohi ;., abeyance. Georgo Heidol. a vounc farmer. di- guised as a ghost, stepped from the roadsido in front of Wm. Tompkins, colored, who was returning fiom tho woods with an nx on his shouldir, near Evausville. Intl.. last tho frichtenod uglto. with low of the ax, out Heidol's head completely iu two.