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J y. .! jf," h . -, THE COAST MAIL. mnwUMnii ! rmmwrr irnyn mimi 1 1 i trr Published ovary Balm-day Morning -nv- Tf RnSTIMt, IIAOKI'.ll A 1.0CKIIAHT, MsrMiflolil, Uo Cii., Oregon. TIUIMM, IX ADVAMdlli n Tor Vi M Is Month , 1 Ml Tir Month., , , 100 To sdrertUrri w guarant Hi iiot Utorabl loruu hit fair ittallujr. THE COAST MAIL. wi''im MuiuajfUu;j.i-!-;ii-'.iii."im'.1 jvri'.rvBg THE COAST MAIL. DEVOTED TO t Tlio Interest of Sonthern Ore Kori Alwrtya Fororuoat. Tha LtBTtlopinMitof our Mtnei,tliImproT meat of our Harbor, and Railroad Com. mtmlcatlon with tho Interior, Spsclallltt. VOL. 1. MAKSI1FIELD, OUISGON, SATUItDAY, JULY 19, 1870. NO. 20. 1-iiMt Days, HY r.MKAIlKTIf HTlMItT I'llCM-H. 'Uin lotK, brown bench llciltfIng In Ilia mill, Ilia dot, wblto noon Inutr (illy to tho bay, Cloud uhiii folded cloud, above my head, 0xn tho bliMioiii of tha verfiol day. Tin ra I color Ilka a llvllitf oul Ukjii Iho half-rerealtd tut lull-rilM ky (llnl to ) eye, mlliiM llio fliiatitx!, full title, UtlrtlUl body that ahall never ill. My pryer look out Ilka orhu thtouuh their lr My heat! C(l out, Uli lift I 01. IIM for IllVtl. lint Una aerou the water ilrawetli wish, Too kl tul kinl so too dumb Id nwer inn. Simla Afttrnwu lllviil of tho Parrot. Vory likely ninny reader of tho Com jhimioh do not Know that thorn uro ov oral oilier birds beside tho jmrrot thnt onii imitate tho human voico. Among theno Id tho initio, a round, plump bird, abouta largo an naotnuioii lliriuli. It I fouiiil In the- jungle of India, mid on tlio hlands ucar that country. In color tho initio Ik of n deep velvet bltiok, with purple, bluo ntul grocn re flections. Thero 1 it littio white on tho long wing. Tho hill mid foot uro Jul io, mid there nro bright yellow wattle back of tho eye. lit tlio Kant Indlnii thin bird lit often kept n a Pel, and become so affection ate thnt It will kttii mur It ma tor when it lit not conllnod in it cmko. It U notuotimoa kontruKed in Uurojmand In thl country, but in no mro Hut tui largo n mtm n ouo hundred dollars ha boon Hlveti for a dIiikIo tultio, ItivrotidorfitllybtIhtnniIoiigaKin. It letuui to whUtto, Mug, do mnuiiiuff trioka, mid Homo jRiraou who hnvo had cximHoiu'o with it, Imvo tliotiuht it utir iac1 oron tlio gray parrot, tho IiIiik of talking jmrroU, iu iu capaolly for nMiiik luff liko n human being. It livoa wont ly on itiH'cU, frulU and lwrrie. Tho tiatirraof Muinatra call ItTcootig. whllo thoa of Java call it Jloo mni Moucho. lbyard Taylor vrroto kouio timo Mnco, " I Hover mw n rnluo but once. I en tored tho vacunt tvadiiiB-rtKiw of a hotel early Iu tho morning, took up n paper and at down, when nuddonly a volco dld, 'Qood-tnorniiiK 1' I Haw nothiutt but what conml to bo a black bin! iu ncifjo, and could not haro bt)liovotl that tho mrfcctly hutnan voice catuo from it, had It nut unco moro Id. in tho polltt lono, Good moruiuR 1 I walked to tho obu and looked at It. Oim tho door and lot mo out, pltmnc,' aaid tho bird. " Wliy, what nro you V I voluntari ly exclaimed. " I'm a nilno,' aiuworoil tho nmaa lug crtalurc. It waa tho oxaol rolco of a boy of twolro." 3 Tho Marling in a I ho a talking bird. It i very itauitftomo, oi purplluu-grecu color, with noino butt and rotldUh umwit, and IU natural aong 1 ofi and awcot. Thorn aro curtoun facln to nolo about hlit bird, It U found all over linropo, and In parln of Africa and Aia. Uvury ilock of Ntarllngn, no matter what iu airo mavbe, nud aumetiiiiM tho bird ajuoniblo In thuuatulaconu to Ih under tho command jf ouo binl, and Biro it general n united, iinUnUuieoua obedience. A Ilock of utarlingn high iu tho air will no Ntiddcnlyaiid aimulUutHitiiily all turn on their ldo allowing only tho odgea of tholr wing, that tho llook for an itutaul In lot to eight. Tho Ilock will iUo aiidtlonly break titi into dlvUlon. then tt iiltongafn, perform omo aiugular ovolullou, and thou fly onward to a roaliugplacu. A phuamint uuvo jiuw across mo iraon oi a Hook of alarlingN. ami wtu limtantly kilted by tho ahock. HtarlliigN inaka their uett very euro lowly out of.Ntrnw, rootii, twiga and dry ; graiN, mid in all aorta of iilaocn- mmiiv ; Jlowor'pota, chlmmtyi, dvnorlod rabbit- onrrowN, oioiia oi rock, old ritlua, or : tliu IioIih of treca : ami tlmv mi nl. -allow bitit ( grow or ntnw to Imug caroletmly down from tho neat, an though , to invito robborH. but ulmn tlmv r.,i..n. Eto tholr home with food for their littio : OUCH, tllOV UlllkO a U-reut llnrilnp ntinnt Yot ntarllnna nro very fond of tholr Fyoung. In ouo iuntauco it Ktarliug had utitu Its nent iu tho tlmtoh of it burn, inild thn bullilltiir tmiW lm A. n... Filamoa npiiroaohod thu jjoat, tho poor , j.u.uni, him in grwu ugony, nun Hying I. tO IU dotlliallo. clillllllt tin mm lilr.l ini.t carried It to a pluou of iwfoty, thou ro L lllvi.A.l In. unnil...u , I .. fl.. '' " Hiiuuier, nun uappuy tuiVIMI all lta littio ouoh from tho fearful llamen. HllirllllDH llltVll 1111 ntmialtlf linlill il Mintohlug it lieakful of wool oll'n ithoop'o uu iu uuii uootu itieir lutHi-nuililliig. When tamed, tho nturllng Icarus to BpOttk vory tllatinolly, and In a vor)' torhiiuliig pot. Jt flcoma thai it wiut taught to utter words In Hhukoapoaro'a timo, for tho groat itoot, iu Honry IV., nittkoit HoUimr oxohilm, ' Ha lit ho woulil not umoiii Mortimer rorl'iJa wr loiiBtia toi-k of Met timer t llllt 1 wl II llii.l l.nn ul, I... li I.... ' Ami iu hli car I'll lullou .VwiHowrf ' Nay. JIU.I .V," f U',,"K ,,,1' h Utiglit to Mak Noililug hut .Uoriimrr, a.u,I Kl II l.l.u io kwl. liu aiiH-vr .till u uioUott." And Lauronft Hinrtm wim ii.,,i i.. p tlio Injtt ooutury. itnd has it Xuo colo- t' lir.it.1,1 III 1,ii.IImI. 11. . f it """ ;; j"B uioniiuro in nu woric oniitHt " Tlio bonlimonUl Jour noyi" roproHouts n (darling in a oago aa repenting ovor und ovor, iu it voloo thitt wun nt flrat taken to be it ohild'a, " I can't got out, I can't get out II' Tho tungplo, cunning its it fox, Im pudent, guy voracious, and oxcoaaivu- Tv lllfunllll.l..lllM la ..t.nll.iiM rt II... .... . J W..WII.UIWH. 1. HIIUII1UI Wft IIIU IIH : rot's rlvala. IHm uii iiinnrrlullilnrnlilMir f;toullng tho eggs and tho youug out f, of othor birds' iiontii, nud ovon robbing ;uiib uusis; uui as u oonsumes nnaim. worms, beetles nud various repliloi.il l thouuht that norhann it doos good enough In it garden to ittouo for tho harm it iiorpetraton in tho poultry-yard. jl lit n DOiti porsoomor oi iiuimiiin an well nu hlrdrt. A gontlnumu ban nald thnt once lit Norway his dog was pur- sued nud mobbed by about forty mag- plus, In cfttillvlly tho mngnlii loams to spvak wordH, aomotlmos Miccecdiug al- nioni an won as mo parrot, una it mao tnuchva ltfiolf iittoor trloks. Tlioro won oniJii a muKnla that con- rnivod n groat frimidHhiji for u slicop Willi long wool, Tho bird would ioruiotil tho othor nheei) by pocking nt their logs, but would ueittloin tho toft wnrm wool of IU friend as iu n grout urui-ohalr, and would also tuako this long wool n hiding plftoo for its pilferlugs, llright and glitleriug articles cspoclal ly tempt this bird. Onco a mngpio carried oil an old gentleman's red oc laclo case, and thou caino back and How olf with liiBcolaolcH, A tonspoon was plaood iu tho way of tho port littio thlof In order to catch him. Ho was wntchtxl mid tracked, and Ihono troos tires, bosIdo others, were found in a iloprckalon iu tho roof of tlio hottso. Tlio plutuago of tho tnsgnlo is vory iM'tttitlful atid vnrlcgatod, biking in tho colors black, whito, bluo, puriilo mid f;rcen. It is a common bird in I'ng and, vary common iu Ireland, and fottud iu this country, although not often near tlio Atlantic coast. It make u domo-ahapet) nost, with a door nt tho aide, lining thorny sticks for tho outaido of the niwt, earth for pla toring it limldo, and fibers und dry grmi for lining It. Tho ruagplo likes to jilaco its coat near tho top of a high trco, but aomo times, when it has boon kindly trcutod, it will build in a low bush. In Nor way it is protected, nud thoro it often builds IU neat under tho oaves of a church or othor building. It is qutto a fond hunWud and father whllo tho objccU of iU affection aro iu sight, but it aeoms true of tho mag plo that " out of night is out of mind." Uuliko tho parrot, that will have but ouo mato iu iU lifoliuio, when tho mag piu loaoa iU spouse, itcousoles iUelf by obtaining another with qui to unsoomly luuto, never thinking moro than two or threo dnya of mourning neoaaary, and sometlmea supplying tho vacant place within a few hours alter tho death of iU mate. Tho raven U, indued, a curious bird, " ghantly, grim nud ancient." It U found nlmol all over tho world, and is fond of Kolitudo and hills, building IU neat in high trees, tho hulos of inacoM aihlo oliirs, or on lofty ruius near groat cities, nud naiug tho eamo neat year af ter yi-ar. It livoa mainly upon animal food, and detour almost any Njiccios of living orcaturo it can aeizo. A raven has been known to ally iUolf to n terrier dog aa a friend ami comrade. Tho two would go out hunting in com pany, killing raubiu, hart and raU to gether. Not loug ago," nays an English writer, " I saw a raven iu ono of tho great Ixmdou broworlos, holdiug a Urge sattsaeo in his beak, and flapping about tho yanl just iu front of ono of tho draymen, to whom tho stolon dainty hnd evidently belonged. "Tho binl would not trouble IUelf to inako Its cucapo, but in tho most pro voking manner hoppeil ulougjiutn yard or ao before IU iiursner. nud from all appearnncu n likely to carry on tho mtrno game for an hour or two ; for whllo 1 was Hilling Iho relative positions of tho parties tliil not alter in mo icasi. " If tho man Mommd. tho bird atontNul too. nud bftmu to make audi ovldent preparafions for swallowing tho aaunago fliat mo ttraymati rusuou ni n agatu, mid again tint bird would just tlup ajnrd or two in advance." Uomilto tho cruelty of I ho ra von in its wild Male, when domoatlcattxl. It is docile and nHcctionuto.atid becomes at' (ached to its matter like a dog, It is oho a irootl talker, having a ro tenth o memory, and repeating, not only wonis, tint sontouevs, unit n voico tum aotiiids like tho liumau voico tuuQlod. Tho raven resemble tho parrot, not only iu Ulkiug, but In longevity, living lit captivity to tho ago of seventy or eighty jcitm. with ull its faonlties bright. It is- isilil that It hoa been known to reach tho ugo of about ouo yoarHrf-t-l'bll, CVwHinfot. WiiKitu? Whom shall wo find our nrlstoemtt ? Twenty years ago this ouo mitdocaudlcH. that ono sold caudles und butter, another butchered, a fourth carried on a distillery, another won a contractor on canals, others wore mer uhanU und meolmuic. They aro aa qtuttnted with both eudn of socioty, as tlielr children will bo after them, though it will not do to nay so out loud. For often you flud Umbo toiling tortus hatch buttoriliiw und they live about a year. Death brings u division of proportv, uud it brings now lluanoiora. Thu old gen tioman Is dlsolmrged, tho young gontlo man UkosrovunttoH nud begiuu to travel toward poverty, whioh ho roaohos bo foro death, or his children do It ho does not, so that, iu fact, thoro is a sort of money od rank; it is not Koroditury ; it is uoooKslblo to all, Tho father grubs und grows rich J his children strut and ubo tho money. Tho children in turn inherit prldo nud go shiftlosit to pover ty. Next their children, ro-luvigoratod by fresh plobola.ii blood and by tho smell of tho clod, oomo up again, Thus so ciety, llkou troo, druws its sap from tho earth. Tho liritlcsmnlda of tho rrincoss Loulao Margaret hul to pay somewhat dourly for thu honor of uppoarlug iu this capacity. Tlnuo young Indies wora Informed that, iu order to insure uniformity, tholr drosses must baiuado for them by n-modltita who ohnrgotl thorn fifty guinea each, and thnt thoy wore to bo coiHed by ono urtist. Iu nddiliou to this thoy wore ouch required to glvo a ohock of fifty guiuoaa to buy a proacnt for hor royal uighnoes, Science. As a contribution to tho tllsouRslon ooucernlng Intellect in brutes, Mr. J. J. Furnlss has sent Naturt soino fuclii in regard to tamo nlophanU, which ho learned from tho Huporintondont of tho Control Park inonagerio. It soama that tho elophanU In thntoolleclion frequent ly thatch their backs with hay or groin, when they uro outdoors In tho hot sun aliiuo, or ovon when they nro particu larly annoyed with files indoors, in summer; but in winter they never try to protect themselves iu this way. The act is ouo which indicates nu intelligent effort to attain a given end, It would bo interesting to know whothor tho hublt of thus thatching tholr backs is praltfcod by olophnnU In tho wild sUte. Tho writor Is inolinod to think that tho accessibility of donso shado under such conditions would rondor it tiunocossary; ami if so tho praollcojjajt probably boon developed by tho requirements of cap tivity. A good deal of solicltudo Is expressed in Kcotlaiid lost thu salmon d incase, first publicly noticed as widely provalont last year, should oxtond to nil thorivors of tlio country. Hlr Itobort Christiaou, Dart., dcicribcs tho dlseaso as " a branching fungus which uttaches iUelf iu tho first inittanco to thoso parts of tho Ush whioh art) destitute of scales." Tho irritation thus produced causes the flnli to rub iU scales off against tho sand and gravel, in doing which great cuts ami gailies nro infliclod, leading to death by exhaustion. Carefully con ducted inquiry has foiled to reveal tho causo of tuis epidemic, which last year killed multitsdcs of salmon and scorns uo less destructive this year. Thero is uo longer any disposition to Attribute it to town nowaeo. us exports aKreo that tho inlluonco of nil tho reftiso that goes into the rivers U inadequate to account for it. CanUluS. It. Franklin, of tho Unite! BUtos Navy, dofonds the late Admiral Wllkcfl from tno imputation oi inaccura cy in Ills charts oi mo noutii racnio Inlands, tuo ciiargo, to wnicii wo ro ferrod somo timo ago, was that ho hod laid down sovorol positions in the Kamoan and Fiji groups erroneously. Captain Franklin, howover, shows that tho maps of tho Wilkca expedition aro moro accurately constructed than thoso of much more receui surveys, that they differ vory little from absoluto correct noss, and that they are almost exclusive ly tiaetl by navigators in Hamoan waters with tierfcct safety. Uo adds that tho expedition which Wilkes commanded was sent out to explore rathor than to survey, and it is to be commended for coming so near tho truth, in view of tho crude appliancNS at tho disposal of tho 0 Ulcers. Tho oxlouelvo fossil foroiU which oc cur in tho tertiary formations of tho Yellowstone National Park, have been described by Mr. W. 11. llolmos, in the ltullctin of the United HUtca Geological and Gooaranhical Hurvoy. Iu tho vol- cauia doposlU of this region sllicifled troes aro met Willi in nn exiraoruinnry abundanro, sUndiug out on ouo lodgo, according to Mr. Holmes, llko tho eoliinms of a ruined tcmnlo. Many of tho truuks aro fallen, while many othors romain in tho position in which they grow. They vary from six to ten foot in diameter, aud from tmrtr to sixty leot iu height or length, Tho loaves and stoma, fouud havo boon snlllcioutly uupiorous and woll-prosorvod to permit tho identification of n number of specie. Tho Buirirestlon is tmulo by Mr. W. F, Kirby, assistant naturalist in tho Dub lin Museum of Bolenco and Art, that tho plaguo in HnssU may bo a form of tho disoaso known as malignant pustule. Among tho Hussions, tho idea is widely prevalent that tho malady is convoyed from person to ponton by flies. Mr. Kirby nay thero wan quite a panic in Germany four or llvo years ago, during tho summer, by rooon of tuo numerous deaths caused by tho bites of tlies, or at least attributed to that boiiroo. It was supposed that tho llioa carried tho infection from door, cattle and othor animals alUictod with n peculiar disoaso of tho blood. Tho btto w as followed by fatal iuthunniation in most cases where it produced auy effect at all. Tho tifi-n is n rocontly discovered in sect, belonging to tho samo genus as tho oochinoul, whioh occurs abundantly in YucaUui und Coutral America, and which promises to bo of considorabio commer cial value. It yields a fatty oil, whioh is UHOd io polultug and medicinally for external applications. From thin oil a wox-llko subsUnce. useful as a varnish, can baiuado, and still furthor troatmout produces a cement resombling a solu tion of India-rubber, which is describixl as waterproof, Tho color of tho insect Is yellowish brown. A stirgoou on ono of tho (Peninsular UUI4 UIIUUMI VTVUltuJ a III41UIUBU11IB, rttuuing from Kuroio to Hombay, an uounooa that ho has met with groat auo ooss in tho treatment of aea-aioknoss by nitrato of amyl. Tho doso was throe drops inhaled from a htinJkorohiof or ploco of Hut, In every oaso tho rolief was docided, and on ono duy of tho voyage mentioned ho had occasion to admiuistor it iu twelvo eases. Iu no instance wore auy ill offooU observable. Wo boliovo that tho effect of this medi cine, however, has not always been fouud so satisfactory iu Doa-tdokuoss. Mr. Gladatono'a color thoorioa do not moot with universal aooonUuoo among specialists. In Franco, Dr. Honry H, Dor has sent u paper to tho Lyous Acad emy of Boiouoos, in which ho assorU that modem poeU evince littio if auy moro ubillty than Hotuor to diserlmiuuto &hnleii of color, but dwell rathor upou luminous intensity. Tlio nicer iitauno- lions nro conllnod ohlelly to thoso who have studied natural philosophy, Only such persons boo tho six or bovou oolorn of tho rainbow, where untrained oyoa con distinguish but throo or four. 'Bubsoriborfl coming In at tho rale of flftv a duv." said au editor: and tho rival itnpor oxplniuod that thoy wora coming in to order their paper stopped. OWrIii of Two Popular Poems. Hood's touching lyrlo, "Tho Hong of tho Hhlrl," won tho work of an ovonlng. IU author was prompted to write it by tho condition of thousands of working womon in tho city of London. Tho effect of its production was foreseen by two persons, tho poet's wifa and Mark Lonmn, tho editor of Punth. " Now mind, Tom mind roy words," Maid his devoted wifo, "this will tell wonderfully. It is ono of tho best things yu cvor did." Mr. Lemon, looking over his letters ono morning, opened un envelojM) in closing n poem which tho wriior said hod boon rojoctcd by three London journals. Ho beggod tho editor to con sign it to tho waste-basket if it was not thought suiUblo for Punch, as tho author was " sick of tho sight of it." Tho poem was signed Tom Hood, and was entitled " Tho Bong of tho Shirt." It was submitted lo tho weekly meet ing of tho editors and principal con tributors, several of whom opposed iU publication as unsuitable to tho pages of a comio journal. Mr. Lemon, how over, was m firmly Impressed with its beauty, that ho published it on Decem ber 10, 1813. " Tho Bong of tho Hhfrt" treblod tho salo of tho paper and created a profound sensation throughout Groat JJriUin. People of ovory class wore moved by it. It was chanted by ballad singers In tho streets of London, and drew tears from tho eye of princes. Somo years after tho author death tho English pooplo erected a monument over his grnvo. Tho iloh gavo guineas, tho la borer and sowing women gavo rbilliugs and jkjuco. Sculptured on it is tho in scription dovlscd by himself : " Ho sang Tho Bong of tho Shirt." Tho Old Oaken Huckot" was writ ten lllty or moro years ago by a printer named Samuel Woodwortli. Ho was in tho habit of dropping into a noted drinkiug saloon kept by ono Mullory. Ono ilar. after drinking a glass o: broody and water, ho smacked hie lips nud declared that Mnllory'a brandy was superior to any drink ho had ever tasted. No," said Mallory, "yon aro mis taken. Thoro wai a drink which in both ottrcstimations for surpassed thu What was that?" increduously asked Woodwortli. "Tho fresh spring water wo used to drink from tho old oaken bucket that hnng iu tho well, after returning from tho llehls on a sultry day." "Vory truo," replied Wood worth, tear-drops glistening in his oytu. ltoturuing to his prlntiug-ofllco, ho seated hlmsolf at his desk and began to write. In half an hour -The old otkro bucket, the ircn-lwnnil backet. Tho mtMA-cirervd Imckot wtilcu hang la tbo will" - Was embalmed in an inspiring sour that has become as familiar as a house hold worth The lltto.NTE Fauilt. Mr. Francis Grundy is on Englishman who at ono timo in his lifo wan introduced by his friend Patrick Bronte iuto tho domestic circlont Haworth Hsctory. Thus ho dotcribca tlio mombcr : " Tho father upright, handsomo. distantly court eous, white-haired, Ull ; knowing mo as his son' friend, ho would treat me in tho GrandiAonian fashion, coming him self down to tho little inn to invito mo, a boy, up to his house, whoro I would bo coldly uncomfortable until I could escape with Patrick Hramwoll to the moors. Tho daughters distant and distrait, largo of none, small of figure, rod of hair, prominent oi spectacles; showing groat intellectual development, but with ores constantly cost down, vory silent, painfully retiring. llramwell was very much liko them, al most insiguillcantly wnall ono of his Ufa's trials. Ho had amass of rod hair, which ho woro brushed high off his forehead, to help his height, I fanoy ; a groat, bumpy, intellectual forehead, nearly half tho siro of tho wholo facial contour ; small ferroty oyoa, deep sunk, and still further hidden by tho never removed spectacle ; prominent noso, but weak lower features. Ho had a downcast look, which nover varied, gave for a rapid momentary glanco at loug intervals. Small and thin of per son, ho was tho reverse of attractivo at first sight." Stuvchsisc In Ceylon and several districts of India grows a modorato sited tree, with thick nud ahiuing leaves and a short, crooked atom, Iu tho fruit BOASou it is readily rooognized by ita rich, orango-colored berries, about as largo as golden pippins tho favorite fruit of mauy birds within whioh aro the fiat, round seeds, not on tuoh iu diameter, ash-gray in color, ami covered with vorr uiinuto eilky hair. Tho Germans fancy thnt thoy can dis cover a resomblauco iu them to crow's oyea, but tho likeness to thorn is purely imaginary. Tho treo is tho stryohnos mix vomica, and tho seed ia tho deadly poiBon unt. Tho latter was used as a uiodiciuo by tho Hindoos, and it na ture and properties woro understood by Oriental doctor loug boforo it waa known to foreign nations. Dog killer and tlsh-BCalo aro two of iU Arabic muuo. It is Btatcd that nt present tho natives of Hindostau oftou tako it for many months continuously, in much tho samo way a nu upium-oator oats opium. Thoy oommouco with taking tho oighth part of a nut a day, and gradually Increase their Allowance to an outlro nut, which would bo abont twouty graius. H they eat it directly boforo or after food, uo unpleaaaut of fooU aro produced ; but if thoy neglect thoso precautious, spasms result, m 4 Tho mind ia a liquid ethor, llUod with ideas of dlfferout B"vJtJ caroa and troubles, though tho heavier, nro kept uitimriiiost bv tho stir nud ourrontof waking lifo ; but when all is Unshod in slumber, tho disturbing causes cooso to operate, nud lightly uprise tho gontlo thoughU, tho bright imaginings, con cealed by tho troubling of tho waters. Edloon has applied for a sooond Eug- J Ush patent for elootrio candles, lltirglar Porter. Porter is ono of onr burglar who made up tho most dangerous and suc cessful gang of thieve ever known in this country. Ho is a handsomo young man, with dark curly hair and mous tache, and is not only refined in ap Iioa ran co and gentlemanly in manners, int his conversation is polite and be tray education. His truo name i l Iiovod to bo William Morris, but noth ing is known to tho polico of his origin. Uo lived in a Gbthio mansion at 157 Patchen avenuo, and tho yard of his dwelling wan dottod with shrubory and evergreens, and laid ont in flowor gar dens. Thero was a croquet lan, whero, in tho cool of tho summer even ing", gracoful couples wcro seen play ing lawn tennis and croquet. In tho directory tho namo of tho resident of tho munition was given as William Park, a stationer of Now York. On Saturday afternoon, August 5, last, n detective saw Porter, altas Park, and a com panion of abont tho samo height and general appearance, passing through tho street, dressed as mechanics. Thoy turned into a hardware sloro, whoro they purchased a heavy idodgo-bammer, and thon thoy returned lo tho Patchen avo nuo mansion. Tho ditectivo, suspect ing that thoy were burglars preparing for a plundering expedition that night, gained admission to a chnrch which waa opposite, and thero watched all night through one of the windows. At Q'AQ r. u. tho two men camo slowly out of tho houso and moved off. Tho night woro along, and at 1:45 a.. h. four men roturned. A light wm mode in tho basoment, and after sufficient timo for a division of plunder, tho front door opened and two of tho men passed out. Ouo waa middle-aged and had red hair and whiskers, iho other was yourif comoactlr built and energetic in hia movomenta. Thoy hurried away and tho detective followed them, and ar rested tho ono with red whiskers. The other escaped. The polico from the neighboring station then hastily sur rounded the Gothic mansion, and in closing upon the house through the gronnds an officer stumbled upon a man asleep In a summer-house, and tho detective coming np recognized him as tho escaped prisoner, who, on arrest, proved to bo tho notorious "Bhang" Draper, who waa wanted for complic ity in tho great Northampton Bank robbery. Tho houso waa entered, and the officers found Porter undressing and about to retire, and his companion, John Irving, a noted bnrglart in tho samo condition. Tho floor was found littered with the fragments of a cash drawer from some aafo, and with pieces of checks that had been destroyed. Porter and Irving mado a dash for tho window to escape, but tho shrubbery around their honse was interspersed with blue-coaU, and they conoluJed to submit to arrest. All of tho prisoners avo fictitious names in tuo polico sta tion, ana wuuo their peaigree was oo iiiK taken, tho robbery of tho safo in tho foed-storo of Martin Ibort's Sons, in Graham avenue, was reported. Iho total amount taken, abont bbw. was found upon the prisoners, and tho owners of tho stero identified much of it ns their money. Tho polico also found in tho houto an expensive com bination lock. niaMc aa a model for study. This was afterward identified bv tho widow of UeorKO UowarU. a skilled burglar who was murdered by some of his associate. as her husband's property. Howard had a romantic and. oventfui life, always planning tho jobs which othor men executed, and it is bolievod that tho Patchsn -avenuo gang of burslars were parties to his murder. Ho was king of tho Now York bank thieves, and always worked so as to escape conviction. A year ago his body was fouud beneath tho shadow of Tramp s jkock, in westcnesior county, whero it had bceu concealed after hav ing been killed. Tho polico havo in vain sought to find his murderers. The widow of George Howanl was to have been ono of tho witnesses in this trial, r. d sho was deterred from coming to Brooklyn from Philadelphia, whero she now lives. Draper and Irving, of tho samo gang, have not yet been tried. Tho former is a son of respected pa ronta, who havo lived in. Brooklyn lor many vears. Tho red-whiskered man, who gavo first tho namo of John Doe, then of John Wilbur, and whoso truo namo is said to bo Gilbert Yost, was tried onco, but tho jury disagreed. Iu Porter's forinor trial tho jury also dis agreed. Courttr Journal, SuivKitY is AriucA. Tho idea that slavery in Africa disappeared with tho abolition of the foreign alavo- trade, an idea which seems to bo provalont both in Europo and in Ainuriea, is neverthe less a mistaken ono. Slavory not only oxista, but ita evils aro vory much ag gravated by tho foot that for want of a foreign market the supply ia iu excess of tho domand. Tho valuo of tho slave has depreciated until tho preser vation of hia lifo and health hoa be come a matter of no consequence to his owner. Tho increased and growing export trade of Africa ia tho product of slavo labor. Tho slave, not so well fod or oared for, ia raising grouudnuta in somo distant part of his owu country, aa far away from his homo and hia km aa though ho woro oultivatiug sugar on a Cuban plantation. It is safo to say that money and sympathy expended upon tho negro slave has in no wise ameliorated his oonditiou. On the contrary, tho trado whioh waa mado contraband and abolished at sea has added to ita cruelties the thousand times greater ovils of transportation overland through tho jungles and marshes, whoro hundreds perish by the wnysido from famine aud exposure,- JVcrw York Herald Wast Const Litter, Human happiness has no porfect so- ourity but freedom ; freedom none buf virtue; virtuo nono but kuowledgo; and neither freedom nor virtue has any vigor or immortal hopo except In tho principles ot the Christian faith, and in tha sanctions of the Christian religion. An Eccentric King". Tho King of Bavaria, who, if ho wero not a king, would bo adjudged a luna tic, and probably shnt np in on asylum, is attracting tho attention of thogossips for his eccentric, uniqno way of enjoy ing an opora. Ho has it )orformcd exclusively for his own benefit and en tirely in hit own presooco. Ho is es pecially fond of tho Maid of Orlean and, without regard to expense, has hud magnificent scenes painted for it, and special decorations made. Tho wholo is gone through with tho same caro and brillianoy at if tho theater was crowded, and the scenes aro even moro magnificent than at anr public repre sentation. That of tho Cathedral at Ituoim. executed for tho scono of tho coronation, is said to bo a masterpiece of dccorativo painting, of a splendor and richness which defy description. But tho Kinc allows no spectators. Even tho director of tho theater is not allowed to bo present. Ono day, al though hidden in on obscure corner of a distant box, tho ivtng noticed him, and was very angry and orderod him away. Tho director is obliged to sit in ono of tho wings of tho stage- iu order to sco tho performance For the most part the King ia pleased with tho ao tors ; but ho insists upon their being textnally exact. Ono day ono of them said "or" instead of "and," and the King, stopping the performance, sent an indignant rebuko by a servant who stands always behind tho royal box. On the other hand, after scenes which greatly charm him, ho sends costly uresenta. If tho wholo representation has pleased him, lie has been known to rouse tho actors from their lodgings at 1 iV'Irv-V in til a momintr. and (rive them a bracelet, breast-pin, ring or cross. Tho most interesting feature of it all is that the poor, hard worked, al most brutalized Bavarian peasants have to pay for the indulgence of this crazy nonsense. iteirou Tree rreti. 1)0 the Dying Suffer Pain? TAsnlAi1n nnt likn ia think of death. It is an unpleasant subject ; but it con stantly obtrudes itself, and thero has been much speculation as lo whether mental or puysicJi paiu nicuiu mo final act. Observation teaches us that there is little pain of either kind in dy- tnir PrtwirionM will pnnifl to ns all one of these days, bnt it will come too l.in in lunpKt thoso who remain. It scorns to lo a kind provision of nature that, aa we approacu ua ureui oicui, our terrors diminish, and tho coward and tho hero die alike fearless, in different or resigned. As to physical pain, tr. lilwaru iu (jiarx, in ia ions." savs: "Tuo rule is tuai unconsciousness, not pain, attends the final act. To the subject of it death is no moro painful Minn tiirtli I'al'n!fSsl V WO COmO 1 r ' . . .. . . whenco wo know not. Painlessly we n vtiiiltof ctii Vnnv not. Nature kindly provides an anresthetio for tho pony wnen tuo spirit leaves . j. to n'nn in ihst moment and in ijrepara tion for it, respiration becomes feeble, generally siow uuu buu, uucu uwuui .1.a1iA,l Iiv Inner incniratinns and short sudden expirations, so that tho blood is steadily less and less oxygenated. At the samo timo, the heart acta with cor responding debility, producing a siow, feeble and often irregular pulse. As this process goes on, tho blood is not nnli. AritrtkT) In (ll lirll Tltll dlmin- ished forco and iu less quantity, bnt nnat nows mcro is maueu uiuiu wu more with carbonic acid gas, a power ful anajslhetic, the same as that de rived from charcoal. Subject to its in fluenco tho nerve centers lose con sciousness and sensibility, apparent slceo creeps over tho system ; then comes stupor, and then the end." A Strange Flea. Once upon a time a troop of fleas wero exhibited at Berlin, before the bint n,l nniwn. Tho Tirofossor was suddenly seen to exhibit signs of con sternation. " What is the matter, Herr Profes sor?" inquired His Majesty, on seeing that tho performance had suddenly come to a btand-still. Kir 1 ruiri-Aivii that ono of mv vorv best performers, tho Great Nnpoleou, has trot Inoso and disaDDeared." " Let search at once bo made for the CiriKtt Kanoloon." renliod tho kinsr. .rn,!.1itttnnrnittv- " lllllOS and Cfentlo- mou, let the Herr Professor hava your best holp in recapturing the Great Napoleon. In what direction, Herr Professor, do yon imagine the runaway to havo gono ? ' " If 1 mav venture, siro. to reply frankly," returned tho porsonago, "I suspect the Great Napoleon to havo accreted himself about tho person of her serono Highness, tho Princess v " Tho ' Highness " thus namod feeling anything but " serene at tuo inougui of affording quarters to such an in truder, made a hasty retreat to her own apartments, wueuco, alter a urim in urement, eho smilingly returned to tlio royal presence, bringing some ob ject hold delicately between her thumb and finger, wuiou sue cautiously wuao ovor tB tho professor. Aim iini I" exclaimed the latter. after a moment's trlunca at what ho thought was his discovered treasure, this is a wild ilea, and not the Great Napoleon 1" Anil the exhibition wiis brought to an iguomiuioua conclusion. lugeuious ia tho American rogue. A poultry speculator in Wurren county, Peuu., burs chickens in tho couutry and writea out a receipt for tbo farmer to sign. Tho point ot hia pencil invari ably breaks oil' just boforo the signa ture is reached, aud he produces a fountain pen from his pocket. The body of tuq receipt if written iu pencil and tho farmer' uatno in ink. When tho speculator Rues to town ho erases 041 tue peuou maraa aim writes oui iu luk a pronlissory nolo for 8100 or 9150, and has it discounted by a bank. A Sermon (o Girls On Cooking1, Cooking-classes have boon popular among fashionabio yonng ladies of late years. But there is no cooking clans which quite equals tfe Its op portunity for excellent iunrnuatipn, that which you may find at home. Pre suming that I am talking to a girl who has just left sohool, I ndviso yoa to mako use of your leisure in taking lei sons of your mother. Thero is an ab nolutely splendid feeling of indepen dence in knowing how lo mako per fectly light, sweet, substantial bread. Then try your hand at biscuits, mnfllus, corn bread, toast, and all the different forms into which breadstuff may bo blended. Tooatseomsa simple thing enough, bnt it is frequently so poorly mado that it does not dosorvelho namo. Toast, a necessity of tho sick room, is often a hopeless mystery to women who have tho vaguest idea of how ft is evolved from the 'raw, material. After you have mastered tho bread quostion, try meats and vegetables. Any bright girl who can comprehend an equation, or formulate a syllogism, oan overcome the difficulties which beast her when learning to cook. Lycont syrups, golden cake, delicately browned bread, quivering jellies, melting creams, and tno wholo set of material things glori fied, because mado for love's 'sake, aad for the good of ono'a dear ones, ars ill expressions for any woman. The charm of this accomplishment lies in the fact, that it imparts lo its owner a gratifying sense of power, it bestows on her, too, the power of blessing and resting those she loves best. Wherever the cook goes she takes hor welcome along. One may tiro of tho sweetest singing, of the loveliest poetry, of the finest painting, and of the most witty conversation, bnt of good cooking, never. But X would bo sorry to have you contented to be only a cook, only a domestio ma chine. That is not my meaning nor in tention. Bo artist, poet, inventor, and well-bred -woman; be tho most and the best that yon can and add, as a Mat tor of course, ability to keep house well and to do ail that good house keeping includes. if. . Sangsttr, .On Digestion. It is incomplete digestion of the en tire iiuoutity of food crammed into the stomach during business hoars, and when tno mind and vital lorcee are completely swallowed up in the cea temptation of money-getting, whkh forms a favorable soil for the propaga tion of disease 1 xoa " ton ifeter lo pay Paul." Not freedom from anxiety only, bat absoluto rest of both body aad wind, for hall an hour, should prwMde Mm said-day meal. Tho impolite if not barbarous habit, fostered by many Americans, to the in tense disgust and subject to tfea ridicule of travelers from abroad, is the aa seemly haste in which somo penoaa rush away from tho dinner table with their months crammed with .food, and with stranRulation imminent coagfete I tho process of mastication, aad degiati- 1 .: ... .... tn ln Annnhntf n,ittt n WUU CII UUIQ w MAW WUU.MIQ vwn w work shop. " Let us hasten slowly." Life is sujficiently long lor all needlul purposes if not stunted by improper practices. A genial, companionable, and oven temper, enriched by good humor, and a lively anticipation of the feast, will bo the most provocative of those con ditions on wiiicn digestion depends. .The most proline source of disease now affecting my countrymen, auty be traced to full mid-day dinners. It is not so much tne quality of the food you eat as the quantity, which invites diseases. Nine-tenths of ay lellow-mea engorge themselves wiUi with double the amount of food most favorable to longevity. The heraut miser lives moro tally in accord with nature s laws than wo. Prttson Stecct, . ... Guam Cajcei. 'Two cups sugar, oae half oup butter, well beaten together; three ejjgtf, one cup milk, one teaspooa ful cream-tartar, one-half tcaspoonful soda, flour to mako as stiff as cup cake threo or three and one-hall oops. This receipt makes two loavea. For tho cream, two loaves, ono pint Bulk, ono cup of sugar, two eggs, three dessert-spoonfuls corn-sUrou ; flavor with lemon or vanilla, or the grated rind of two oranges and the juice of two oranges; stir all together; and pat into a tin kettle, set into akettte(ot boiling water, aud stir until it thickeas; bake tho caae in layers (the recalpt makes six), and spread the creaa be tween. Very uh;- - Eoclades or Vjui, oa Bcnr. Oat a fillet of veal or rump of beef in slice half au inch thick and four or Ive inches round; salt aad pepper these well on both sides; cut some haeoa ia slip, two by threo inches; chop aot parsley, salt and popper; add om lemon-peel; roll the bacon ia ttik smx turo; put a slico of the bftcoa oa a piece of moat, roll it together, aad Ha with a string; flour them, have a wtao pau, with some melted butter aad oe oaoou; when very hot put in the roiled pieoes, and browu all oyer; cover Uttwa with bouillon or water; add bail' a sliced onion and aoma celery, and cook slowly for aa hour and a half. Berve it witn boiled- rice. Drtorrxu Eaas. Havo a saacep of boiling water, aud drop fresh egg care fully into tho water. Let thew stead where thoy will be hot, but not boll, until tho whites set. Toast somo thla shoes of bread uicely, lay them ia a dish, aad pour ovor a gill of rich, hot cmi, salted to taste. Tako up the eg wit a skimmer and put aa )g oa Mfc ulute of toast. Borlukle a littta mm aud popper ovor, and garnish wWijao" ley if you please. Bemomber that much of tb aid roasting poultry in tho beat mm ponds upoa bastifiK fauhf ally. - , ronltxv aud crata ucUmwmUk i. but pre uigeawsvn ammr - -ii. i -: ra .! o