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i I 4 THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES A. CHANCEY, Publishers UNION, OREGON. -JSnronenn State In Which It Itnt neon AholUhcil Iteccntlj-. Tlio new Italian criminal code just "voted tho Legislature, among other 1m portnnt reforms, abolishes capital pun' ishmont. Tliat part of tho report of Signor ZnnardelH, tho Minister of Jus lice, which deals with this subject, con tains soino interesting statistics ua to tho enforcement of tho death penalty in the various States of Europe. Capi tal punishment was abolished in Tus cany in 185'J, in Ilumania in 1801, in I'ortugal in 1807, (thcro had boon no execution sinco 1811!), in Holland in 3870 (tho last execution was in 1800); and it has been abolished in Bovcnteon out of tho twonty-ono cantons of Swit zerland, though in ono of tho sovenleen it has been re-established. In Italy thcro has been no execution sinco 1877. Willi regard to theso countries which Btill retain tho death penally upon -their statute books, in Belgium thcro lias been no execution sinco 18011, In Prussia, out of oT)8 dcath-scntcnccs pro nounced between tho years 1870 and 3880, only in one case that of Ilodel was the sontenco carried out; in Baden of 28 and in Wurtomburg of 30 such sentences only ono In each caso was carried out; in Bavaria out of 131 pris oners condemned seven only wcro exe cuted, and in Saxony in tho samo pe riod of oloven years thcro was no execu tion. In Sweden only four dcath-son-tenecs out of 21 wore carried out. In Franco botweon tho years 1830 and 1880 tho death sentonces executed fell from fi5 to 20 per cent., and from 1880 to 3881 to 15 percent. In Austria tho per centage foil from 10 in 180!) to 3 in 3881. In England only havodoalh sen tences been carried into effect in any dogrco approaching to certainty. ,!SL Jamca'' Gazelle. CHEERFUL OLD AGE. Why tho Climliijf Yiuri or I.lfii Nhoulil 1)0 Diivolil (if (.loom or IVtir. "I look upon death to boas necessary to our constitution as sieop," says Dr. Franklin, In ono of his letters; "wo shall rise rejreshed in the morning." In this cheerful voln wroto tho phi losopher and statesman at tho ago of oighty-two. His vision was at that tiino much impaired, and ho suffered sovoro ly from gout; but those alllictlons, ho tolls us, did not provent his "enjoying tho pleasures of society, and being cheerful In conversation." Thoro is something inexpressibly beautiful In old ago, whon thus exhibi ted devoid of quorulousnoss, discontent .or gloom, and frco also, from unbocom inglovlty. Wo know of no good reason why tho closing years of lifo should bo sorrow Jul simply because they aro tho last. JVh tho pilgrim's falling feet bear him loitering through tho final scones of this "strango, ovontful history,1' tho poaco and happiness of tho world bo yond must seem to him, one would think mora deslrablo at every stop. Even If tho backward prospect bo dark with errors, thoro Is light boforo light attainable; and tho great truth that it may bo reached should bo a jnighty consolation. Tho traveler knows that however ho may have sworved from tho direct path that leads to his wlshed-for haven of ponco, it Is still open to him, and that it rests witli himself to strike Into It, oven closo to tho tormlnus, and attain tho rest to which it tends. N. Y. Ledger. W 1 Tho Most Serviceable Wood. Tho vegetable world Is bolng ran saokod," said a furniture manufacturer, tho other day, "to furnish rare and curious or now and striking woods for decorative purposes. Tho result Is that many pretty olTocts are produced, which charm tho oyo for a time. Hut my ox porlonco Is that tho good old-fashioned mahogany outdoos them all for durabil ity. A few years of wear does not loud this wood a damp, dusty appearance that no amount of varnishing, polish ing or scraping will restore to Its original beauty; but ago brings out its bettor (jualitlus; it grows darker, richer and Is more easily cleaned, not absorb ing dust llko inoro coarsely grained woods, but year by year bocoming cap able of a higher polish ami a deeper glow." A'. 1'. Tribune. A widow or marrlod a second tlmo, and his choice was a wealthy lady about llfly years of ago. When tho briilo and bridegroom returned homo from tho woddlng tho husband, intro ducing hie wife to his children, said: "My dear children, Ulna this ladyV hand. She Is tho new mother 1 prom ised to bring you." After taking a square look at the new mother, little Oharlio wild: "l'a, you hnvoboeu fooled. Shu ain't now at all!" Trxa Sifting. An old lawyer hnd oeonilon to stay at tho reUlem'o of a professional lirothor, who was an old bachelor. In tho morning the host wan up and ready for hrenkfnut, hut his gmwt was about an hour title. Tho Imoholor, wishing to improve him, lomarkwl that Uin motto, llko tho Duke of Wellington', wiw that "tho first turn vhould a turn out." Thu Bouedlok, with ready wit. replied that jilt motto Htui that "one good turn dosurvpj another." It- - -Stawad boof should i.l.-n.l with jh) tntoua, fiuooolnh, stowed tomi.tnv or fried cnbbngo. A wJuogliifi of Btrqng borax wnloi in h pint of raw staroh will mak col lar and coifs stllT and glossy. NATIONAL TOPICS, PROPOSED CHANGES IN OUR IMMI GRATION LAWS. Demand on the Dutch Government for Heavy DamaiteB Tho Attack on tho Exclusion Law Tho Eloctoral College, Tho decrease in tho public debt in January, was $13,210284.75. Tho Territorial bills cannot bo acted upon at this session ol Congress. Carroll D. Wright, of Boston, has been confirmed as commissioner oi la bor. The President's message on civil service reform will be bent to Congress in a few days. Tho House committee on appiopri iitions have reported a bill repealing tho tobacco tax. Congress hns appropriated $250,000 for the protection of American indus tries in Panama. President Clove-land tend to Congress a full Sackvillo West incident Senator Sherman i cure an appropriation will shortly history of tho trying to se for dynamite guns for the San Francisco harbor, Tho attack on tho Scott exclusion law before tho United States Supremo court, promises to bo a vigorous one. A contract has been awarded for the construction of a dry dock at the Phil adelphia navy yard. It is to cost iff) 18,700. Ono of tho justices of tho Supremo Court says that the Scott exclusion law will bo sustained in tho case of Chae Chang Ping. Captain F. M. Kamsoy has been ordered by the Secretary of War to do duty as commandant of tho New York navy yard. Kcprosontativo Oates, of Alabama, from tho judiciary committee, has re ported favorably tho bill to amend the naturalization laws. A bill has boon introduced in the House granting the town of Moscow, Idaho, 130 acres of tho publiu lands for cemetery purposes. Col. Lamont siys that ho will ocou py the position of president of Avenue C street railroad of Now York city after tho 1th of March. Tho Navy department has been in formed that Hear Admiral Chandler, commanding tho Asiatic station, died at Hong Kong ol apoplexy. Senator Dolph has olforod an amend ment to tho sundry civil bill appro priating $10,000 for tho purpose of publishing a pilot chart of the Pacific Coast. Senator Mitchell h is reported favor ably tho bill to punish dealers and nrotonded dealers in counterfeit money, and other devices, for uting the maih. Tho electoral vote was canvassed by both Houses of Congress on tho 1.5th inst, and Harrison and Morton duly declared elected to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency respectively. It is now authoritatively stated that Mr. Blaino will enter General Harri fcou's cabinet as Seciotary of State, a position that was tendered and accepted a few days after tho election hut No vember. A favorablo report has bpon made in tho House on tho bill withdrawing from publio sale vacant hinds along tho Columbia river anil at Celilo, W. T., as a reservation f)r futuro improve ment in liver navigation. Sonator Dawes hns prosonted a po tition from 120 studens at Hampton, Va., against tho continuanco of tho ration Bystom to Indians, as an oncour agemont to idleness, and recommend ing their equivalent in farming im plements and stock. Governor Sawyer, of New Hamp shire, will appoint John Oilman Marston to bo United States Senator from that State during tho interim bo tweon March -l and tho mooting of tho legislature next June, which will ohooso Chandler's successor. It is thought in Washington that tho Pacillo Coast interest in tho Ohao Chan Ping case beforo tho Supremo Couit is jeopardized by tho non-selection of men by California to argue the ease. Tho argument will bo made under tho now administration, It looks as if the Samoan confer ence at Berlin will n t bo attended by a representative of Hie present admin istration. Bayard's unswor to Bis maiok haB been forwarded by mail, and tho reply is not expected until uftor General H irrison'a inauguration. Our government has made a de mand on tho Dutch govonnent for !rf)O0,O00 dm-iagos for losses and dam ages to character siibtained by Oscar liatliold, late United t-itales consul at ll.itavia, who was arrived on account of his partner in a mining enterprise having been a partner in a Dutch linn, which failed, mid llalliehl was charged witli criminal connection in thu failure. The Secretary ol SUto has received a dispatch from the United States eon sill at Berlin, in regard to proposed changes in our immigration laws. Ho itiys that tho measure is viowed with ni'uoh conuvrn in Herlin, in political rb well as in nation! economic circles, as foreshadowing a change, which eventually may lend to n total rwfoini in the matter of European emigration to thu United Slate. Thuio is much alarm in Virginia City over tho report Unit many gucMs have secured lodging thoro who are directly from tho Onnsby houso, wt Carson, in whioh so many casus of miullpox have occurred,. j COAST NEWS ITEMS. A PEREMPTORY ORDER ISSUED TO S. P. TIOKET AGENTS. Tho Desporate Sutclde of a Callforntan A Probate Judge Indicted Arrest of a Gang of Burglars in tho Woods NearTacoma. More fog whistles are needed on tho Sound. New Mexico protests against the re turn of Goroninio. Several cases of small-pox arc re ported in Carson, Nevada. Tho penitentiary of Washington Territory cleared $331)7 last term. Colfax will bo connected by rail with tho Coeur d'Aleno mines thin summer. Masters of deep-water vessels at San Francisco, find it difficult to secure sailors. It is predicted that the new navy yard will bo established on the Colum bia river. Governor Waterman has appointod John P. Irish commissioner of Yo semite valley. Mrs. Noon, of Danville, Cal., was thrown from her buggy last Sunday and instantly killed. San Francisco is exercised over the discovery of diseased meals in many of her slaughter houses. C. W. Davis shot and instantly killed S. P. Bayler, Friday evening, near lied Blub". Whiskey. The first husband of Bertha M. Stanley, tho confidence queen, has been discovered in Los Angeles. A shortage of $25,000 has been dis covered in tho books of W. S. Varnum, tax collcctoi of San Diego county. James Wickersham, probate judge of Piorco county, lias been indicted for tho seduction of Sadie Brantner. Tho appointmont of Judge Wade as chief justice of Montana is not satis factory to the people of tho Torritory. Joo McAulifl'e, tho prizo fighter, is expected to arrive in Portland shortly to arrango a light witli Tim Campbell. Alico Vincent, of tho Carleton Onora troupe, was thrown from a horse at Los Angeles last week and had her arm broken. Nino men woro arrested in the woods near Tacoma, last Wednesday, for burglaries committed in Puyallup and Buckley. Tho fourth trial of Charles Cooper for tho murder of Paul Burko at Boul der Crook, Cal., last fall, has resulted in his acquittal. ltobert Phelan, a young San Fran cisco plumber, shot and instantly killed Aruo Johansen, a Baloon keeper, last Wednesday. Tho Southern Pacific company has issued a peremptory order to ticket agents to compel passengers to sign their names to tickets. A dovil-firfh, twenty feet iu length, attackod a man oil' Beacon Hill, B. C, last week. It almost succeeded in upsotting tho boat. George Keller, a deaf mute, was run over and killed by a motor engine at San Bernardino Friday, lie was frightfully mangled, Willoughby Clark, a young lawyer from San Diego, was arrested in San Francisco last Tuesday, charged with felonious ombezzlenunt. The smooth young man who victim ized soveral Portland firms last week by forged checks, has been working the same game in Seattle. G. S. Loucks, a piominent mer chant of Chohahs, was arrested lat Tuesday by a Wisconsin shenil for forgery, committed in 16b f. Tug Wilson, recently released from tho penitentiary, was arrested at Seat tle, Tuesday, for tho murder of Tlios. Davis, near Walla Walla, hist Novem ber. Tho ponitentiary commissioners of Washington Torritory have oidered a now steam brick machino in anticipa tion of a building boom the coming season. Chailcs F. Lunimis, formerly city editor ol tho Los Ang- les Tunes, was shot in tho face at Atlantic and Pa cific junction Friday by unknown parties. James Willoy, a San Francisco real estato agont, aliot hi wife tlumigh the shoulder and Bert Clark, her para mour, twice through tint arm, last Tuoxliiy. Tho marriago of Wong Wing, a Chinaman -10 years of age, and Miss Ah Chey, 19 years of age, was cele brated at San Francisco Friday. They aro both Christians. Itov. J. D. Flonner, of Idaho, has been found guilty of serious charges by tho Episcopal judicial conforonco at Portland, and was dismissed from tho ministiy last Friday. Tho ballots oast in Washoe, Elko and other eastoru fountics of Nevada, against tho amendmont to the con stitution authorizing the Nevada lot tery, aro found to bo two incho short of the length proscribed by tho com missionois of election. Luis Hullor, concesaiouaiic ol tho Lowor California branch of tho Inter national company, is accused of mis appropriating the fumU of tho com pany. Hullor has disappeared. Joo Hawkins shot and fatally wounded Jerry Keen, soxWm of tho ohuroh at thu mission of San Joso, nad severely wounded John O'Connor, in a Ban FrancWoo saloon, Friday. Tho Canadians are stil hopeful ul ultimately producing a guide of beet Kiignr that will limk oanu sugar ivum poarBtuil'. Thoy havo boon laboring undor that idea for about, twouty years now. OVER THE GLOBE, PROMULG A f ION OP THE NEW CON STITUTION OF JAPAN. Meeting of Union and Confederate Vet eransNo Change In the Status of tho Samoan Question Sans Culottes of Rome Canadians aro opposed to immigra tion. Gladstone has decided not to visit Home. Prince Bismarck is threatened with facial paralysis. Tho steamer Haytian Itepublic has arrived at Boston. Less than 30 per cent of Chicago's population is foreign. Gray hair for women is now the fashionable tiling in Paris. Within a week's notice Italy can place 2,300,000 men in- tho field. Thousands of emigrants are flock ing into the Argentine Itepublic. The official trial of the gunboat Yo.ktown was a complete success. Tho percentage of suicides in France is greater than in any other country. Tho members of tho French minis try, headed by Floquet, have resigned. The Knights ot Labor will return to absolute secrecy in all their proceed ings. Samuel J. Tilden's birth-day was ex tensively celebrated throughout the East last week. It is proposed to consolidate all the express companies of the coun ry into cue corporation. Th Ohio State prison was not only self-supportinc last voar but yielded a profit of $15,183. A man was sentenced to 417 days' imprisonment at Hutland, Vt., recent ly, for getting drunk. The value of the plunder secured by the mob in the recent riot at Home is estimated at $12o,UOU. Men are swarming through tho gas territory in Wabash county, Indiana, taking oil leases from farmers. The Pennsylvania Central railroad will horeattor haul no freight on Sun day except such us are classed perish able. A bill has been introduced in the Delaware legislature exempting wo men from tho punishment of the whipping post. Over five hundred women of Bangor have signed a remonstrance sent to tho Maino legislature, protesting against woman suffrage. Professor D. Henzel was severely beaten by threo unknown parties at St. Paul, Saturday. They iiad pre viously warned him to leave town. Emigration agents are draining North Carolina of able-bodied negroes. The fanners will bo unable now to handle their crops tho coming season. Mrs. McNulty, aged sixty, and Air nio McGuire, aged eleven years, wore frozen to deatli about 200 yards from homo, near Ottawa, Canada, in the blizzard of last week. It is reported that affairs among tho laboring class on tho Panama canal aro in a deplorable condition. The canal project is a hopeless failure, and work will soon cease altogether. Another tragedy was enacted at Lako Starnberg, Thursday, when two persons drowned themselves. Sinco tho suicide of King Ludwig, cloven persoiiB have drowned in the lake. Tho Indians on Battle Itivor reser vation aro biilleriiig greatly from an airection of the throat and neck, which provents thorn from swallowing food. Tho complete extermination of tho tribo is feared. The steamer Carondelet sailed from New York Friday afternoon for Sa moa. She had on board 133 cases of rides, sholls and ammunition, which woro brought hero by the steamer Westernland hibt Wednesday. Tho oxcursion of Canadian legisla tors through tho United States, given by Amoric.n merchants with tho view of furthering the annexation t-ohome, will bo a grand affair. It expected that fully -100 will visit, tho principal cities of the Union. Thero is danger of an outbreak among tho half-breed Indians iu B.irt lett county, Dakota. The military at St. Johns have been ordered out by tho shorilf, but tho commanding of ficer says that tho sheriff has no au thority to do to. Sorious tronblo is feared. At a meeting of tho Union and Con federate veterans at Washington, Thursday, tho plan of preserving and marking the field of Chicainauga, un der tho auspices of a joint nioniorial corporation representing all the States that hud troops there, was cordially upproved. Tho now constitution of Japan was promulgated from tho throne last week, it establishes a hoiuo of peers, members of which aro to bo partly heredltaiy, partly eleotivo ami partly nominated by the mikado, and a house of commons of 300 members. The right of sutl'rago is given to all men of tho ago of twonty-tivo yoars and ovor who pay taxes to tho amount of $25 yoarly. Lato advicos from Samoa say that thero has boon no change in the situ ation sinco the last report. Thoro has boon no lighting, and Tamatese and Matuafa remain in their strongholds, fho Brilirh O'luul ha warned 1! litis!) uhjeoU not to supply the UHtives wi.li arms, and to maintain a strict mmtrality. The British war thip Cal liope has iplaod tht war ship Ivoy rtlist. Tho Gorman and Amurioan war tihipt) romain stationary. f OR THE PARMER, THE CARE OP FRUIT AND ORNA MENTAL TREES. Introduction of the Tomato Egg-Plant The Management of Heed Pota toesThe Amount of Food Necessary for Hogs. A Ulyssep, Nebraska, man has the "largest coincrib on earth." It is 400 feet long, twelve feet wide and twelve feet high. Crows have become so abundant in Maine that it is estimated they cost the State $100,000 a year in corn, po tatoes, young chickens, fiuit, grain and the like. The next legislature will be asked to gi e a bounty of ten cents for every dead crow. A New Jersey farmer has succeeded in raising in the rich soil of the Hack- ensack bottom the genuine white yam, or "buneato" of Cuba, and he predicts that in a lew years this de licious vegetable, grown across the North river, will be as common in the New York market as the Southern sweet potato now is. Now Zealand, according to a recent writer, is a splendidly endowed conn try. Besides such natural curiosities as boiling lakes of sulphur, smoking volcanoes, sivrw-clad peaks and mag nificent waterfalls, it has splendid vir gin iorests ot rare anu useuii wooos, great fields of coal, iron, copper, gold, silver, etc., all awaiting the capitalist and workman. Taking the amount of food required to make a pound of grain on swine weightng thirty-five pounds, 33 per cent more food is required by swine weighing seventy pounds, 14 per cent more by swine weighing 125 psunds, ltt per cent more by swine weighing 175 pounds, 22 percent more by swine weighing 220 pounds, 55 per cent more by swine weighing 270 pounds, and 84 per cent moie by swine weigh ing S2b pounds. Overhaul your stoic of seeds and throw away those of doubtful vitality. Thero aro but few seeds that aro not good at the end of two years, while the average are good at the end of four or five, and squashes, melons anil all of that family, last almost indef inately. Onions, parsnips and car rots are the seeds which growers are the most particular about. Those who supply tin market with crops should put their dependence on varieties known to bo marketable. The management of seed potatoes is one of the most important arts of the potato growor. The chief point is to prevont them fr;m sorouting, and for this purpose a low tempera ture as near to the freezing point tu is possible without touching it is desira ble. Nearly everywhere farmers find that the hue varieties of potatoes are more productive than the early ones. Is not this partly duo to tho fact that early varieties have been injured by sprouting, while lato varieties are less liable to this injury? The buyors of fruit and ornamental trees can hardly be too careful in get ting stock grown on land free from quaoK. mo tine underground root of this pest aro often mixed among those of fruit trees, and once planted are difficult to get rid of. Whenever quack grass appears for the first tune on a farm it is usually in the orchard, and has been introduced by the pur chase of trees without careful exam ination to fceo that quack is not mixed witti their roots. Everybody knows how difficult it is to prevent the water from fret zing during very colli woather Tin will rust, wooden troughs become slimy, ind earthenware crack from the ice formed on the water. To obviate theso difficulties, give water three times a day. Use vessels that only permit tho birds to get their beaks wet. so as to avoid freezing their wat tles, whioh results when they get wet, and give warm water threo timea a day. They will soon learn to look for it at regular periods, and it will invig orate them. By the time tho water is somewhat cool all will have drank, when tho surplus should bo thrown out and the vessel loft empty. Tho tomato egg-plant lias tho gen eral appearanco of a common egg plant, while its fruit, when ripe, re sembles a medium sized, ribbed to mato. Its skinj is very glossy and bright red, much liko that of a cayenne popper. Tho history of tho plant is that the yoar beforo last a singlo spec imen of it camo up among a large nunibor of black Pekin egg-plants, growing in southern Now Jorsoy. The lleih of the fruit is very solid and dry, apparently unfit for uso, but as a curiosity and ornamont the plant is worthy of a trial by those in search of unusual novelties. The cultivation of the plant is the same as thai of tho egg-plant. What is tho host food to give a horse that is run down iu strength and flesh? The Massachusetts Plow man says : If you cannot got pastur age, food your horse frosh-out grasa or clover hay, witli a few oats, say four to six quarts daily, and givo" him gontlo work or exorcise so us to keep his appetito and digostion good. A ho guius strength you can substituto oorn-moal mixed with cut hay for ono or two rations daily, using not over four quarts a day. Corn-nioal aloue is not to safe a grain for horses as out ; most oasos of colic aro to lie traood to injudicious mo of corn-meal ; but horses utten rapidly on it, him! ii it cheaper than ohU. To ni-ik n snfo ariiole of diet we wuil. .t lv mixing it with the same bulk -i wlir.it bran or feeding it mnn id n with 0 it nd buniw ivi-t, Bay wnc-iiaj pk of carrots daily. PORTLAND MARKET REPOR1 GROCERIES Sugars. Wo quote Golden' C 5Jc, extra C 5c, confectioners' A OJc. dry granulated Ggc, cube, crushed and powdered 7c. Colfcs Java ioc, Rio l!0c, ArbuckleV roasted 1144c. PROVISIONS Oregon hiras aro quot ed at I2v l'ic, breaKiast bacon sides li. c, shoulders luifollc. EasteJ ham lSraJSW. Shiclairs M15c. bred fast bicon KW-injc side 10&10ic shouders lufflllc. Lard 10i 11c. FRUITS Navel oranges $1,0564 Ilo, Riverside :i.S!53.50, apples $K21.$5r einon 0 pur box. V h GKTA HLES Cabbage Tc per It, celery 8Uz.8o per doz. bunches, carrots and turnip-t .oc per sack, onions 75 u 85e, potatosUjE40c per sack. DRIED FRUITS Sun-dried apdes oft 0c, sllc d OUc, apricots 13 14c, peaches 8' fSlOc pear 8c; Oregon pruno, Italian 0c, Silver -c: German OJ 7c, plums Co 7c, rat-insSI. 75,12 per box: Call ornia tigs 8c, Syrna lnc, DAIRY PRODUCE Oregon creamery and choice dairy 25o. medium 20c, Eaetern 23c. California 2-2'a 25c. EGGS Oregon 15c. POULTRY Chickens $5,5.5'l ducks $7.50, gesso S10112, turkeys lojaiGc. WOOL Valley 1820c Eastern Oregon. 1 8 15c. IlOPS-Choice 85114c. GRAIN Valley 81.301.35, Eastern Oregon 1.27K41.:W. Oats 3'J(si;4c. Fi OUR Standard 84.50, other brands 814.10. FEED Hay SHI'S 11 per ton, bran BIG, shortH 18, barley chop 82321, mill chop- sis-ago. FRKSII MEATS Beef, live. 4c, dressed 8c, mutton, live. 4c, dressed 8c, lambs 82.50 each, hogs, live, 0c, dressed 7fe8c veal Gig Sc. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL Good intontions are, at least, the seed of good actions; and ovcry man ought to sow them. Sir W. Temple. It is ostlmated thero nro now In Europe, Asia, tho Unitod States ad Canada about fifty institutions for tho education of feoblo-minded children. No man in daily lifo ought to be satisfied with what his lifo now is. Ho ought every day to bo looking forward to some of tho possible improvements. E. E. Hale. It is easy to slip into a state 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 1'resbiterian. Bock ford Seminary, at Itockford,. 111., has established night schools for tho working girls of tho city. Tho fac ulty will ovorseo tho work, and the studonts of tho 6ominary will assist in tho teaching. I still boliovo that life is tho most frivolous of things, xinless it is regard ed as ono great and constant duty. Lifo is only of value by devotion to what is true and good. Tho aim of a lifo worth living should be ideal und unselfish. Ernest Itcnan. An aged man, who had lived moro than threescore years and ten, upon being informed by his physicians that ho had but a low hours to live, replied: "Is that so? Then death has come too Boon for mo. I am not roady for it." What a melancholy confession with1 which to closo up this lifo, and ontor upon tho realities of tho ono to come! N. i'. Jndtpendcnt. "For gonoral improvement," says. Dr. Johnson, "a man should read what ever his immediato inclination prompts him to; though, to bo sure, if a man has a scienco to learn, ho must regularly and resolutoly advance. What wo read with inclination makes a stronger im pression. If we read without inclina tion, half tho mind is employed in fix ing tho attention, so thero is but half to be employed on what wo read." President Adams, of Cornoll Uni versity, in u recent address advised students "not to rely on profossors to do your work. Don't lossen individual effort. Ilorcin is tho success of solf mado men- Tho men whom tho world wants nro tfioso who do better than is expected of tliom. Sometimes thoy aro without a collego education; aro such, mon as Franklin and Lincoln, who get a real llboral education and become monarchs in tho domain of though." It's bottah tor hub a green patch on do basemon' o' yo yaller pants dan ter sport seraa UUia trouuihs an1 hah ter do da sneak act cb'ry wine yo seo yo tailor. Uncle J'ete. It h by plodding steadily along, day in and day out, thai wo achiovo our eucco"5ot. Thoy who mako tboir gains o'.i.crwiso iro eccentricities, and not fit, thoroforo, id bo taken as examples. Against parsimony and niggardli ness 1 proolaim war; but with the samo sontenco I condomn thoso who mako a grand sjlash while thoy livo, leaving tholr families In destitution whon thoy die. TuhwKje. If ridlculo woro employed to laugh mon out of vico nnd folly, it might bo of some mo; but it is mado uso of to laugh men out of virtuo and goodsonso, by attacking ovory thing solemn and 6orious. Addison. There is nothing more disappoint ing to the generous mun than tho way In which his absolute frankness is mot by tho man of tho world, always look ing out for motlvos, and imagining thorn whoro ho dooa not find thoin. Donald Grant. A poculiar wreck occurred on iCS Burlington load, near Ashland, Neb., Friday. A regular freight was stand ing on tho tract, when aucthor freight crushed into the calojee, breaking it into kindling wood, ruining the en gine and piling several cars on top of eoh other. There were thirteen men in the onbooso ut the time, all of whom w-n- arleop. Oue iihii' nose bled Mightly, Wm h tin-mcl ueriout .ui'kk-nt t" u'iy m' t:,( tlnrfton. Vnoavilie, Cal., liu dens, iu my opium 3