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.'yyinyiH Vr-i rg, j, ,-. nyfr IHUWIllBll The Ooasii Mail. THE The Coast Mail. COAST I'tMit.iHitni) KVKKY SATURDAY MORNING IIV WEBSTEn, HACKER & LOCKHART, Mtirshllold, Coos Co., Or. TrrniH, In Advance. Onoycur $2 fio Hlx months 1 Til) Throe months j )() MAII DKVOTKD TO Ai,ii MVB xanavznn. ES THI2 INTKUKSTH OF SOUTH ERN dRKGON ALWAYS FOREMOST. The Development of our Mines, (ho Improvement of our harbors, and rail road communication with the Interior, specialities. Vol. 2. MA.KSI-IJTIISLX), OR., SATUBDAY, FEB. 28, 18SO. Mo. 9. 'Wwmv;Aw.:z?2 K S.vr- OFFICIAL I'AI'F.lt 01' t'OOS CO. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Slate o Qrctjtm. Governor, V. W. Thayer Secretary of Stale, 11, I. Kiiihui t Treasurer, 1-2. Iliirsh Hupl. Public Schools, J. I. Powell 2d Judicial Dixlrht. Judge, .1. K. Wulnnii District Attorney, H. II. Iluxurcl Ohm Comity. County Judge, J. II. Nosier Commissioners, l,.0,!!, " ML 0. Dement Khcriir A. (1. Aiken Clerk, Alex. SlatiM' Treasurer, I). Morse, J r AssOSSOr, .Iflllll LllllO School Superintendent, .1. 1''. Mount Coroner, T. U. Mnokoy Curry County Judge, (Ymminninucrn. KliiTiir, Clerk. School Supt., 'I roawuror, Coroner, Coun'y. Dolos Woodrnll' S P. Hughes J.I.A.Cooley A. II. Moore Walter SiiKoii A. M. Gillespie M. H. Gibson Thos. Cunningham Kmmammmammmsm WIIinT.N foil Till! COAST MAII,. IIISTORICALJKETCHES OJ" Oim'Kou'm Nonllicrii C0111I, Ni'.Miti:n viii. pout miroiiii nii: rumi: or tiii: itoaL'i: hiviih waii. A Neoiiinlri'l'N 'I'm o Victims, Tlio village of Ontario, N. Y., in greatly excited ovit the marragu in (lull place of llio daughter, M yearn old, of n well-to-do citizen living near there, ton disicputahlo young innn, vhil( the latter wan in jail awaiting n hearing on a charge of in-sault on an Uncle of the girl, with intent to kill. About a year ago, William ICn right, u blacksmith, 21 yearn old, oh tuincil employment in Ontario. His leputation was had. John Negus, a respectable citicu of Ontario, had a daughter 10 yearn old. Last Septem this girl eloped with Knrighl. The pair were missing forsovorul day's and then they returned to ho married. Mr. Negus took Iiim daughter home, and dicund I-hirighl continued to live an man and wife until it few weeks ago. when the discovery was made that they had not heen married. Negus drove Knright uwuy from bin house. Negus had u niece, who win only II yearn of ag . She lived utu place known as Lake View, with her pa rents. Enright hecamo ac(iiaintcd with her during a visit she made at her uncle's, while her cousin wan living with the blacksmith and his wife. When the crimnal relations of Kniight and his victim were exposed ho ut onco began paying nlteution to the cousin, whoso name, wan Rood. About two weeks ago she astonished her parents with the announcement that she wan engaged to ho married lo Knright. They ut once sent her to her uncle, John Negus, hclieviug that nho would he less likely to meet Kn right there than any other place. A week ago Knright heard that the girl wan heiug kejit at her uncles', lit) at onco proceeded to the house, entered it, and, drawing a revolver, nworo he would kill any one who interfered with Iuh taking Mi.s Hood away. He found the girl, nud who went away with him from her guardian's house Mr. Ne gus had Knright immediately arrost cd, n charge of assault with intent to murder heing preferred. Knright was lodged in jail, and while awaiting a hearing was married to the gill in his cell, the ceremony heing performed hy u Justice of the Peace At the hearing that followed on the charge on which Enright was arrested, the prisoner was discharged hy Esquire Johnson, ho deciding that the. charge was not sustained hy the evidence. The indignation against Enright was no great that it in alleged that hut for his timely escape with his victim ho would have met with summary pun ishment at the hands of the people. A Ciii:i:itiui. Faci:. Carry the. radi ance of your soul in your face ; let the world have the hcnelit of it. Let your cheerfulness ho felt for good. Wlior ovoryou are lot your niniles ho scat tered likenuuheams "on the just as well as on the unjust." Such a dispo nilion will yield you a rich reward, for its happy cllects will como homo to you and hrighten your moments of thought, timilcn are the higher and hotter responses of unture to tho emo tion o( (ho soul. Let the children have the honelit of thom, those little ones who need Hie sunshine of (he heart to oducato them, and would find a level for thoir huoyant nature in tho choor fill, loving faces of those who loud them. Let them not he kept from the nndille-iiged, who need the oiicounigo. juent thoy hring. Give your niniles to tho aged. They como to them like the iiiIot rain of summer, making fresh and verdant the long, wearisome path of life, lie gentle and indulgent to nil; love tho true, tho beautiful the just, tho holy. Russia has hoou trounding llcrliu nil Turin firms with a viow to a hea vy loan. When Hie news of the Oiilhnmk nt Kngue river was hronght to Port Or ford, tho settWrs, awaro of tho immi nent dimmer which threatened them, hastened to construct fortifications, and to gather together their house hold gods inn place of safely. II. 11. Tiehonorit !o. had u largo iiiunher of men employed in cutting and man ufacturing cedar hnnher, and these went into a stronghold of their own construction, not far from the mill, while the other citizens with their fainiliuH. occupied a fortress at the port. John llamhlock, who was then working at Port Orford, was engaged to marry Miss Long, (the present Mrs. llamhlock) whose family resided a few miles t-oiitli of tho ('oiiuille river. He lost no liino in starting up the coast to make sure of the safety of his friends; he found A. II. Hindi at tho mouth of Sixes liver, where also lived Mr Dodge with his family, and to these he communicated the news of which he was the hearer. " Uncle Tommy " Lowe was living on his do nation claim, now owned hy Geo. Ilen nett, r2i.. and the family of Mr. Long some distance further south. All of these people except Mr. Lowe and Ohri. Long, hastened to the fort with Mr. llamhlock, whilo thu two last named men remained to watch their slock and premises. They spent tho day near and about tho farms, while at night they went away into tho woods nud concealed themselves ami slept. At the Three Sisters, south of Port Or ford, Dan Haywood and Geo. Lount were engaged in catching ottor and sea-lions. On tho night of tho out break, an Indian called " Whiskers" came to their cabin and told them inai ii nicy stain there till morning i they would certainly ho killed ,aud as proof of his sincerity he laid down across the cabin doorway and kept watch there all night. Just at the break of day he, with tho two white men, embarked in tho whale boat with which they were supplied, and sailed to capo lllanco, and thoneo went with the othor settlers into tho fort. Hut for this friendly warning, these men would almost certainly have fallen victims to the wavagos who scoured tho coast in quest of blood, not forty-eight hours later. T.'iere were several alarms given whilo tho settlers were in the fort, some of which, as might ho expected, were without good cause. One night, at Jamison was on guard, a fine black cow belonging to one of tho cit izens ventured to cross tho guard-line; she was hailed by the sentry, and, failing to "halt and give tho coun tersign," tho trusty ride of the guard broke the slilluoss of the night, and when a force turned out to ascertain tho ciuse of tho alarm, they found tho body of the cow. On another occas ion, a sentinel stationed a liltlo dis tance down the beach, saw in tho darkness some object moving stealth ily along near the edge of tho wator ; ho hailed it, mid it halted but did not respond ; ho fired, and saw the object leap into tho air, fall, anil then retreat down tho beach, llo went to tho fort and reported what had transpired ; soino ridiculed him, thinking ho had been alarmed at a shadow, hut the following morning revealed tho truck of tho prowling savage, and also a largo knifo which ho had dropped when the shot of tho sentry struck him. Tho Indians did not deem it prudent to athiok the fort either at Port Orford or Hogue river, and rely ing on the hopo of roliof from abroad tho settlers patiently watched and waited. For thirty-ono weary days (ho peo ple of Hogue river were thus forteu up and, to a certain extent, besieged hy tho Indians. They hoped for deliver ance, hut when it would como was be yond rational conjecture. Tho mo notony of such a life of idleness mid rcstraint.it was scarcely possible for those daring active men to endure, and many a venture was mudo in search of even a limited allowance of that freedom to which they had al ways heen accustomed, at tho risk of losing their scalps. Oneday the wel come sight of mi approaching column of soldiers gro'ted their vision, and two onmpuniosof 'regulars" soon came ton halt near hy. The Indians know belter than towait for an engagement with this force, mid hastily retreated up tho river sonio tenor twelve miles, whore thoy fmlilicd thoiiuolvou and waited for an attack. Tho looutiou Holeotud at their slninjjhold was easily dufyudud from iiiionumy approaching by (ho front, but tho rear was almost beneath tho shadow of a hill or bluff. Huspccling an attack from tho front, (hoy failed lo (ako any steps to pro (eel tho flank and rear of their fortress. They were not long koptin suspense; there was an organizalson of volun teers formed to co-oporalo with llio regulars and preparations wore made for the assault. The regulars com menced the attack from the front, and met n (Iderininoil rcsinlunco; but tho volunlccrH caino upon lliciii from flic flank and roar, by way of (lie bluir, with fearful execution. Tlio Hlrugglc was Hunguinury, hut llio liuliiinn noon naw that tlicir cause wiih1io)u(3hh and Riirrondorud. The whilcH lost but few men in this en gagement lnil tho dead and wound ed of llio Indians were more numer ous. One of tho volunteers was iniHtdn;; after the figlit,auri was nev er heard of afterward ; whether he ran into Hie woods and was lost, or made his way safely out of the coun try, is not known, though persons acquainted with him seem to favor tne former conclusion. J ins was the close of the Kogiio river war on ihe coast. After the surrender of tho Indians thoy were taken' to t lie Silelz reser vation, but a considerable number of the most guilty were still at large, and ('apt. Tichcnor was employ ;d lo gather these renegades and take them to the reservation. One of these was identified by Mr. (leizel as belong ing to the parly who ma-sacred her family, and ho was summarily hang ed lo a Irci? near the graves of the murdered (leizcd's. Some fifteen or twenty of these Indians, with a large number of squawa and pnppooses were got together and started north from Hogue river. Thoy had reach ed a point where llio road passed llio ruins of tho homo of tho (lozols. I The Indians showed signs of insur- bonlinalion and one or two had broken away from tho band, u'hon Tichcnor called upon the citizens to assist in keeping them under con trol. Tho citizens came in numbers, and aroused to frenzy by the near presence of those hands were so late ly dyed in the blood of (heir kindred and neighbors, they fell upon the savages and a scene of carnage followed which 1 shall not attempt to describe. The squaws and pap pooscs were taken to the reservation but the soil of the prairie drank the blood of the warriors, and their spir its passed over to the happy "hunt ing grounds" which their untaught faith pictures for them beyond the setting sun. A 'IVnll)li: I'll lc. One of tho most sickening affairs, if, indeed, it is not the most horrible, which it ever bus been our duty to chronicle, happened last Saturday on tho premises of Mr. Solon Kellcy, about eight miles from lltnitsvile. There was a hogkilling in progress, and two colored men, Itohcrt and Dennis Patrick, brothers, got into a dispute about each other's share in the year'n crop. A long kettle filled with water was near by. The water in the kettle had been heated lo such a high degree (hat thoy were waiting for it to cool a little in order to scald hogs in it. Tho water was so hot that they were afritid it would "set" the hair of tho hogs. This was tho high temperature of the water when, the brothers began to quarrel. Dennis, who was the oldest, told Robert Unit he would put Inm in the kettle if he didn't shut up, and Robert, the preacher brother, told Dennis that if he put him (Robert) in the water he (Dennis) would have to go in with him. Dennis caught Robert and pressed him hack ward in the direction of the kettle. Ho pressed him, both of them having their arms locked meanwhile, until they both went head long into the seething water. Their piteous and awful screams and moans soon attracted o' hers to the place, who limdly extricated them from the boil ing caldron. They retained tboirsonses when taken out, and their intenso agonies were simply beyond description. They at once complained of their hot clothes, and when these were taken from their limbs great (lakes of boiled flest went with them, leaving their bones expos ed. Their beards fell out mid their hafr dropped from their beads. They had literally been cooked alive! The sight was such thattho:c who witness ed it were well-nigh paralyzed with horror. All pns-dble measures of relief were tried during tho night, but Robert died (he next day, and Dennis died on Monday. lluntsvillc (Ala.) Inde pendent. IH-coti niliin niton I I lie Slciit .llincs Ioul 'o! Mil. Jaooii K'ah.v, who has just re turned from tho north, informs the Antodiaii that the schooner Courser is on the beach, whoro tho underwriters' agent left hor.notwiUistanding reports to the contrary. F.utu:Y presented to Congress a memorial of the Legislature of Cali fornia for hotter protection of the com mercial interests ot tho Pacific Coast by tho completion of tho United States iron clad Monadanock. As- exchango suyu : Millions of smelt are dying from sonio unknown cause in tho Columbia mid tloaliug ashore. In the vicinity of Pillar Rock the bank is lined with these little ll'sh for sonio distance, and hundreds of vo racious sea gulls aro constantly devour ing thom. Tiikv were talking about tho approaching theatrical season. She, innocently "I boliovo Mary Ander son has a new play, "Lovo?" Ho, tak ing unworthy advantage of thouueer. tain construction of tho sentence "I think sbo has, dear." Then she saw it and screamed. A iiaimioau extension is projected to run from Guaymas-, on tho Gulf of California, to, tho Southern ontension of tho Atchison, Topoka and Santa Fo railroad. Tho first III) miles of tho road will ho constructed at once, be ginning at Guaymas. Tin: duelings of Marlborough, writ ing lo the lord mayor of Loudon ac knowledging tho receipt of X'2,000 says that the committee in order to guard against a famine in Ireland next year have purchased . 10,000 worth of potutoud for distrubutioii there Martin A. IIkavv, a nalivo of Now York, aged 15, committed suicide at the Gilliard Dotal Sacramento hy closing tho windows and stuffing a hankorohiof in the keyhole of the doer to his room mid tinning on thu gas. llo loft a note showing death to bo tho result of doliboruto intent, but assigning no cause, A correspondent of the Intelligencer, signing himself " Cariboo," speaks in the following way of tho new mines: ' My idea regarding the Skagit mines is that it is a scheme calculated to defraud tho people in general, and more especially those of California. People arc blinded by glowing ac counts of the mines, and yet, when we come to examine the facts, wo find that those who are the owners of these rich claims come down here '"dead broke" and ask for provisions, etc., for a half share. Does it stand to reason that when a man comes from Skagit and tells us that he can trace the gold in his claim like following the links of a lady's necklace, and then be out of money? Why is it that iiioro interest is not taken in the work of making a good trail? Surely it is of great importance to Seattle, as thero is evory prospect of miners coming this way. It is also a strange fact that no capitalists hero or in Victoria have taken hold, which alone is sufficient to prove tho absurdity of this fine talk from Skagit. These re marks are not calculated to depreciate the value of the mines, but to lot tho people know that wo ara not. "all green." " Well," thoy say, " we have seen specimens from Ruby and Can yon creeks " Yes, so have I. Thoy aro very fine ones, too, but tbov have been carried in the vest pocket so long that the match and tobacco stains have not entirely disappeared." A NlroiiK Iti!CiiiiiiiRiiilnlIoii. Mark Twain recently introduced General Ilawley to an Klmira, New York, audience, and said : " He is a member of my church at Hartford and the aulhor of " JJcauliful Snow." yiny be he will deny that. Hut I am only hero to give him a character from his last place. As a pure citizen, I respect him ; as a per sonal friend of years, I have the warm est regard for him ; as a neighbor, whose vegetable garden joins mine, why, why I watch him. That's nothing ; wo all do that with any any neighbor. Gen. Ilawley keeps bis promises not only in private but public. lie is an editor who believes what he writes in bis own paper. As the author of " Uoautiful Snow " he has added a new pang to winter. He is a broad soulrd, generous, noble, lib eral, alive to his moral and religious responsibility. Whenever the contri bution box was passed I novcr knew him to take out a cent. He is a squ.ue, true, honest man in politics, and I must say he occupies a mighty lonesome position. He has never shirked a duty or backed down from any position taken in public life. He has been right every time and stood there. As Governor, Congressman, as a soldier, as the head of the Cen tennial Commission, which increased our trade in every port and pushed American production into all the known world, he has conferred honor and credit upon the United States. He is an American of Americans. Would we had more such men! So broad, so bountiful in bis chrracter that he never turned a tramp empty handed from his door, butalways gave him a letter of introduction to me. His public trusts have been many, but never in the slightest did ho prove unfaithful. Pure, honest, in corruptible, that is Joe Ilawley. Such a man in politics is like bottle of perfumery in a glue factory it may modify the stench if it docs not de stroy it. And now, in speaking thus highly of the speaker of the evening, I have not said any more of him than I would of myself. Ladies and gen tlemen this is General Hawlev." Iiicrr-liii;r EC dies. I.ntkm.kotuai. Pcoim.k. Physical beauty rarely associates, itself with great incut il ability; but still there have been many notable exceptions. Miss Lander was rather pretty and feminine in the face, hut Miss Sedg. wick, Miss Parque, Miss Leslie and the late Anna Maria and Jane Porter on the contrary. One of the Misses Porter had a forehead as high as that of an intellectual man. We never knew of any very talented man who was admired for his personal beauty. Pope was very homely; Dr. Johnson was no bettor; Miruboau was the ug liest man in Franco, and yet ho was the greatest favorite with tho ladies. Women more frequently prize men for their sterling qtuliiiosof the mind than men do women. Dr. Johnson cuo.oa woman who uau scarcely an call the health roll each niornine: for idea above an oyster. lie thought her the purpose of ascertaining if any pu- As the work of preparing the great Egyptian obelisk for its passage across the ocean progresses, some interesting relics of ancient civilization have been disentombed. Lieut. Gorringc, who has charge of the work, says : " Immediately under the pedestal of the obolisk mid in the cast angle formed by the steps, I found a block of hewn syenite forty inches in the cube, representing a perfect Masonic alter. Undor this and immediately below, 1 found a white marble slab, representing tho apron, extending across the foundation, of polished sye nite granite 102 inches long and 51 inches broad and '2o6 inches thick Tho tipper half was hewn down into a perfect square at tho same level and touching the short section of the square; and in the west angle in the foundation, 1 found another block of syonito granite remarkably regular in form, tho surface of which represents rough ashlar steps, and the foundation of which was composed of white gran ite Resides these four pieces, I found other less noticeable and important, but equally significant emblems." VjumiiiR!. Dissolut? ficrcruor The conduct of the Governor of Wy oming has thoroughly aroused the indignation of tho good citizens of that Territory ,and now comes a Chey enino dispatch which says: A big sensation was created hero to-day. Late last night a largo party of mon hauled a heavy cannon in front of Gov. Hovt's residence and stationed it at the gate, pointing outward, an American tlag was displayed thereon, 'also two placards reading, "Tho Gov. must be respected regardless of color." Hundreds of citizens visited tho scene which was one of excitement, lloyt became exceedingly unpopular be cause of an alleged liason with a mu latto girl hero. The press demands his removal almost without excoption. lloyt is also making himself unpopu lar by his methods of working to so euro tho Congressional nomination. Ox account of tho provalonco of scarlet fovoV among children In Salem, the Hoard of diroctors havo ordered tho teachers of tho public schools to 'flic Ant or I'ainily.', The Rochester, New York Demo crat has the following about the wealthy decendants of John Jacob Astor: It is an old saying "that the Astorshave an idiot in every genera tion." John Jacob's first son was in this condition, and was kept in a pri vatoassylum. lie lived to be an old man, survived his father twenty years, and at his death the body was placed in the family vault, and tho private asylum was transferred to other pur poses. William's son Henry Astor, is not much better than the first idiot, and as William learned the unfortu nate condition of the boy, he placed him on the farm at Rhinebcck, where beseemed safe from all temptiUion. William's mislakc was in not muring him up in a private asylum as had been done with the first idiot. Jlcnrv imagined himself a preacher, and would occasionally entertain the kitchen circle with a sermon, clad for the occasion in a night-shirt. If any one smiled during the service, he might expect a blow from the indig nant preacher. Henry became the companion of the farm bands,through whose medium he cot acquainted with an inferior fumily, where a mat rimonial trap was soon successfully sprung. William was thunderstruck by the news that his irnlJccile son was not only married, but was living at bis wife's home. Henry Astor, while preaching in the kitchen, awoke the merriment of a young girl, whereup on ho picked up a wash basin and dclt her a severe blow. This was fol lowed by other violence, and the re sult was that the girl's parents sued him for assault and battery, laying the damages at .$20,000. The Astors were seriously perplexed by this dilfi culty, but concluded to defend the case. A heavy verdict, however, was rendered against the would-be preach er, whose relatives placed him under sufficient restraint to prevent any re. currenco of the trouble. The family which captured him is said to bo sat isfactorily pensioned, and Henry is now the object of bis brothers' care. They are his guardians, and the pres ent sale of the Astor house is merely to settle the estate and place his share in a separate shape. Ion Waxle Vital Kncrgry. Value. oOIhiircI AVurzcl ItectN. the loveltiest creature in existence, if wo may judge by tho inscription loft on hor lomh. Mi'i.TXoM.vii county greatly exceeds any othor county in tho State in tax valuation, rutmning over ton and a half millions. Tillamook county re turned tho luiilt, i&i.aos, pils have the fever in their families, and in all cases whoro tho disease Is reported tho children of such fami lies shall bo excluded from the school until all danger is passed. It in stated that Judge .lucybs is a oaudidato for Delogato to Congress ajtain from Washington Territory. The most vigorous persons do not have too much vitality. People gen erally inherit a lack, or at least find that much vital energy has been per manently lest in their childhood and youth through the ignorance or care lessness of their parents. Often it is impaired by wrong indulgence in ear ly manhood. Tho endeavor with all persons should be to husband what is left.be it much or little. Therefore: 1. Don't do anything in a hurry. -. Don't work too many hours a day whether it be farm-work or shop-work, study-work or house-work. 3. Don't abridge sleep. Get the full eight hours of it, and, that, too, in a well ventilated and sun-purified room. I. Don't eat what is indigestible, nor too much of anything, and let good cheer rule tho hour. o. Don't fret at-youraolf or any body else; nor indulge in the blues, nor burst into fits of passion. 0. Don't be too much elated with good luck, or disheartened by bud. l'ositively be self-controlled, calm and bravo. Let your brain havo all tho rest it needs. Treat yourstomaeh right. Keep a good conscience, and have a cheerful trust in God for all things and forbotb worlds. Tho Great Traveler. Occasionally you will meet a young man who gets on the train soinowhore in Ohio, and when some follow passon- gor asks him how far ho is going, he says "Omaha!" in the tone of a break man calling a station, and then looks up and down the car to obsorvo the amazement and awe of tho other pas sengers, and you will notice that he looks a littlo disappointed because they don't tako ofi' their hats and ask to shako hands with him. Hut by and hy, when be loarns from casual remarks dropped carelessly now and then that tho man behind him is going to San Francisco and the one in front of him is going to Japan, and tho old fellow on the othor side of the aislo is just roturning from St. Peters burg, tho young man drops his voice to a husky whisper, shrinks down into his duster so that no one can soo him. and tell tho next man who asksabout it that ho Is only going out here a lit tlo wuvs. Many farmers neglect the possibili ties of mangel wurzel beets for cuttle feed in California. Nothing which we can grow on this coast is more sat isfactory for this purpose. Tho yield is en'ormotis, from twenty-five to forty tons per acre being realized with fair cultivation. Any good corn or wheat land is profitably employed in raising beets. A field which is intended for beets may and should be heavily ma nured, as this will largely incrcaso the immediate yield, and its good cfiocls will continue to be felt for several suc cessive crops. Land in which mangel wurzcls aro to bo planted needs a thorough pre paration. Plow in narrow lands, and with a single plow, following with a harrow and roller. The seed is sown with a drilling-machine, and six pounds will be required for an acre. Make the rows from 25 to 80inchc3 apart on good soil, and rather closer where the land is poor. Arrange the seed-cups of the drill so as to deposit the seed from four to six inches apart in tho rows. Unless the weather is very damp, the furrows made by the seed-drill should be rolled. If after sowing a heavy rain packs ho surface of the soil so hard that it appears dif ficult for tho young plants to force their way through the crust, pass a light harrow with sloping teeth over the rows. This is also an advantage as regards the early weeds, and the use of a harrow to kill weeds between the rows, while yet small, is unques tionable. When the young plants arc safely past the danger of their early existence, they must be thinned out so as to stand ten or twelve inches apart. This is to be done with a sharp, nar row bladed lioe. The after treatment of mangel wur zcls is simple in the extreme. Culti vate occasionally with a horse hoe, or chisel cultivator. In the autumn they may be dug, and piled under cov er, to keep for winter feed. A furrow run alongside of a row will enable one to pull up the most of the beets on its line Then the next row may be at tacked, and this process may be con tinued across the field. For use as cattle feed it is best always to cut up the mangel wurzels. Some farmers Uirow them in the corral just as they come from the field, with soil still clinging to the roots, and let the cattle eat what they can, and trample and waste the rest. If a crop is worth raising, it is worth taking care of after wards. The only way we can recom mend is to wash the beets clean, and cut them up by means of a short hatchet on a block of wood, or with a semicircular knifo of steel rigged to the end of a box, and working like an old-fashioned hay knife Then havo clean, and iron-bound feed-boxes for the stock. T!ic laiiaiun Canal. Miss. Judith Mrroumx, a sprightly old woman in Ohio county, Kontuoky, 110 groat grandchildren, and 10 groatgioat'graiuuhildruu. A late Panama dispatch says good work has been done in surveys for the canal, in which much and valuablo assistance has been rendered to tho commission by American Engineers Colonel Totten and Gen. Wright. The plans, which havo been carefully revised rearranged according to addi tional iiformation obtained in tho survey sinco the work commenced, will reflect American engineering skill and practical ideas as much as European plans and methods. Tho commission holds daily sessions, and the discussion of plans, ote, is fre quently prolonged and animated. Much harmony and good feeling is manifested, and although several na tionalities aro represented in the com mission, no sectional jealousies or general rivalries are exhibited. M. DoLesseps appoars to bo much grat iiled at tho change apparent in pub lic opinion in the United States sinco ho has been on American soil, and be lieves that when his stutcmontof his work and project shall bo made in full, tho Nicarague and all other ca nal schemes will he abandoned. Theri: is a colony of Christian Ka firs in Mihdleburg, in tho Transvaal, tho work of twenty year's labor by u Lutheran missionary. A handsome brick church, built by Kafir hands, affords accommodation for 1500 wor sbipors.and rows of brick-built work shops re-sound with tho noise of indus trial pursuits. Wagons, furniture, and wood and iron work aro turned out in abundance Sohools havo boon pro-, vided for tho ehildron, and tho mis sion owns 550,000 uoroa of good lamb onco prairie wildornoss, but now divi" ded into small farms, and worked- iim dor the supervision of the missionaries, Wiiii.k prohibiting tho eala of spirituous liquors in hor proqinot-s. Ashland also provider og(iiiSt allow ing anyone a litjomo fur a billiard sa r