mmW''-BS The Coast Mail. The Coast Mail. THTEI I'inii.itii to evehy satfuday morning iiv WEBSTER, HACKER & LOCKHART, Mnrshllold, Coon Co., Or. COAST MAIL. DEVOTLD TO JVI1I1 X.I-VJE1 XSSUJOM. Tlir, INTERESTS OK SOUTH ERN OREGON ALWAYS FOREMOST. Terms, In Alliance. One your .f'J 50 Sl iiimittirt - Tluoo munthn 1 W) 1 IK) The Development of our Mine, tho Improvoinenlof our harbors, and rail roiil cotiimtmicntion with tlie Interior, specialities. Vol.2. MA.Ksi-r;RiiucD, on., Saturday, march 20, isso. jno. 12. OITM'IAIi PA Mill OP COOS CO. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY, Sliilfi of Oiftjun. (Joveinnr, W. W. Thayer Hiciclniy of Stale, It. P. Eat hail Tieasuier, II. Muisli Nupl Public Schools, .1.1. Powell I'd Jwlicitil Dhlrii'l. Judge, .I.F. Watson Distml Altoinoj', W. II. lluaid G001 Count i. I iiiiiitv Judge, ! II. Nosier CllllllllissionOIS, Slielllf ilolm Kciivuu It. (!. Dement A. (I. Aiken Ale. Hliiuir 1). Mniso, Jr .loliii I, line ( leik Tlciislltor, Si IiikiI Supuiinlondonl, ( iiiniicr, .!. F. Mooio 1 C.Maekoy Cnrry Uuun'.y. ( .uintj Judge, 1 iiilnlssinllClS. Dolus Wooiltull' P. Hughes .I. A Cooloy A II. Mooio Waltoi Sutton bin til!'. ( 1. 1 1. N I I Supl., 'I 11 ii-llirt, CfiiniK r, A M (iillepie .M It UlllsDII Thus, Cunningham I'otufo I'lour. 1 nsi fall, suys the S.in Fianeiuco Itiil'ihn it llio Statu Fair, theio was in 1 Iiiimiihii a diior ri mil Oiogon, null among the pioducts shown wlmi is 1 ailed "potato lliiui " '1 liis wo hiw made We do not tliiuk (lie pro-e-iii patented, and it is pinh.thlc dial potatoes can bo tioated in asiiui lirwavou Plummcr's, Allien', Ry il 1 , IllnwoiV, or any other drier, 'lie I'm t I.i ml llet lately noted a ship- in nt of (in tout) fiom that place. It 1- .ni up in Titi pound cms. In the manufacture of potato flour 1 li put. itnes mo llrst washed perfectly l mi Tins cult lut done most rapidly 1 having two largo doughs, through uliitlitlic water is allowed to Mow. I rt the pntatoes soak in one vessel Ini Miine time, o as to soften the dirt, In fuii they nio taken in hand. After washing, the larger potatoes ate out in tun, and they are all placed upon win- hcreens and put in the diier ll 11 tlier are ntcamed thiotigh and 1 1 1 1 1 1 v; 1 1 As kooii as the skins hccouie 1 im tin y ato inhheil oll'hy the hand hen soft the potatoes ate placed tin U t pic-Mite, ciiished together, forced thiough thy nioihos of 11 wiroseioon with 0110 sixth inch opening', and ipn.nl thinly on wite scioens to dry. It takes he ot six hours to complete ' Ibis proecus, Tho heat used is diy, nnd nut moist, tho steaming process iim . nt fiii.1 being nulv to Mifteu the puinioci When tho moisttiie is all 11 moved the potatoes mo in hard, Mat takis Those cakes me (lion broken l In nig tun thiougli a null. The piodml is then called potato Horn, mill looks like hominy, being in small I'lmvii grains. l'his potato Hour can ho shipped to iiuv pint of tho uoilil without injury, mid weighs but thiiteeu pounds to the Inishi'l As far as quality is coneoi ti ed, it is unexceptionable. Wo saw some (cMcd sumo mouths ago, and it was 111 to bu used on any table, being white and of excellent llavor. The value of this process is evident, and it is thought th it diicd potatoes will be 1 omo a piomiuent mticlo of export fiom the potato legions of the Pacific Coast. 'I'lie Vitinlci-lillt lNlnle. In the Into suit of L'otnolius .1. Van deibilt to 1 ecu vor a duo pioportion of his father's estate, it was Dually settled that ho should receive tho avails for lifoof f 100,000 ; the piopoily lobe placed in the hands of Edwin I). Wor- oliostor, us liustco; tho piiucip.il to bo disposed of by willb) Curnoliiu ; mid if ngiced upon by the two hrolhois and tho tiusteo, tho piineip.il to bo placed in tho hands of Cornelim, to be used by him in his own way. Coinoliuslutely asked his Inothor to place t-00,000 of thopiincipal in liiH(UuiiioliiiH') hands. William declined to comply with that tequost. Thou Cornelius uppliod to .Iiulgo Douoliue to bare William to inoved fiom any eontiol over the liust fund, us tho possoisiou of f'JOO.OOO of tho piiuelpal wasnoeossary in onlorto ull'oid him capital for conducting lms inimrt outerpri sen his health mid com foit demanding that he should enter iulo active business, 'lie livened that ho and his Inothor William woiotho only sin vivlng sons of lite late Ooi no litis Vaudoihilt ; William is woitli over .f 100,000,000, and that it would not injtiio his bnsinum Inteiosts to put with tho control of tho trust. Tim Judge declined to grant the peti tion to Cornelius. Tin: eliuiges of Imuioialily oguluM (lor. Iloytiif Wyoiningme denicil by United Status Maishal Sohuiler, Pu lled Statu Attorney llmwu and Qtliur luumlijciit nibii of Olieyoiuio, vvitinn.v roil tm: coast mail. HISTORICAL SKETCHES Ol' Oregon' Noulliei-n CoiinI. Nl'MIIint X. JOtlltNAMiri,. I.. WU.MAMH TO UK COX- niNi'i:n. ' Leaving PorlOtford In kikmI HpiiitH wo followed southerly alonj; the count asf.irit the mouth of Rogue iivor which was I cached at noon on the font th day, having lost considerable tinio in preparing our packs, patching up paeksaddlos, and ligging for our lliieo or four Cayuse ponies.' Game, as usual, was aliundaul; Geo. I.ount and tnjsolf being the principal hunt eis of tlto expedition. We saw many Indians as wo paired down the coast, hut on Hoeing us they generally lied ininiedialely to Mtc timber, hut as wo appiunchcd Rogue rivoi they bocatne tiincli more numer ous and bold, and gathi'ied together in the tearof our party in numbers of ir0 or mole. Following up the uoitli bank of the iier a few miles, the mountains appeared to close in a few miles aliOM) us, and deeming it more practicable to leave the rirer, we bore oil' to the left over a tango of hnld hills,, tho large body of Indians follow ing u shoil distance behind, in (ho aftei noon we entered a deep little nil ley or basin of level laud, Miiiouuilrd by bushy timbeied hills, whole wo concluded to camp for the night. The Indians oou took position all mound this little lorel, wliiio we were comparatively safe in the middle of it; but fearing llioy might creep near er under coer of the high grass, up buint tho same, and thus destroyed tin only chance for them to upptoaeh the camp unperceiu'd by our senti nels. No Indians weio seen dining tho night, and none weio visible in the morning. A .small stream ran through tin little valley, and in a homy tiuiheicd llat above a largo band of elk kept up n continuous whittling all night Early in the morning I.ount and my self set out in advance of the pirty in search of game. Wo found tho giotind had been much trampled up by the elk duiiug tho night, and well beaten paths led oll'inoveiy diieotion, but as tho animals had stopped whist ling at daylight, wo could not tell just whoro they weto to bo found. I,ount followed u fresh trail loading oireastorly along the foot of a moun tain, while i followed a similar tiail leading up to a high s'uninit ridge. Following this tidge for about half an hour, and coining ton thick grove of huge gteou timber, I had the satisfac tion of discovering u baud of about twenty elk hing down among the trees. From my pnl expeiience with these animals 1 had no fear of their jumping up Midilonly and running away fiom inc. I approached the nearest tico and took position about forty .vards fiom the game; tho plump and fat animals, as largo as lioises, some of theni with antlcis-dx ot eight feet above their heads, was a bight pleasing to the eye ol a hunter. The animals soon began to get up; I fo looted u largo one, and with :i single shot brought him to the ground. The remainder of tho band went teaiing away lluough tho forest at a rapid rato in tho diicction that I.ount had gone, and p.iM-cil very near him, but they were so badly fiigbtoued that he failed to got a shot, and soon came up with me. llefote tho elk was cut up and toady for packing, wo wore joined by the remainder of tho party with tho hoi si's, nnil oon set out with a good supply of fat elkmoat, which ad ded mueh to the luxuiies of camp life. ICeeping pretty well back from Rogue river, generally thiough hour ily limheied mountains, following di viding lidgos and often crossing deep canyons, in duo eomso of time wo t cached a point on the liver again, perhaps about lit) miles in u direct lino, from the ocean. From u high and prominent point near by, wo had a fair view of the country to tho east watd, and a magnificent sight it was, but not eiy eneouiaging to us us ex plnrois, Asolidrango of mountains rising ono uliovo tho other till they weio lost from sight in tho dim dis tance, was nil thnt was visible to us. Tho mountains generally appealed to bo heavily timbered, but occasionally a bald hill or n high locky pinnacle might be been shooting up tower-like low mil tho sky, i enduring this u beau tiful place to study tho woudeis anil inrsteilesof nituro, and anything but n pleasant place for explorers un shin I laliuns, Onpt. T'Vuiill.iilwiiyH tepiesonled that ho hud n full nud complete knowledge of tho ontiio seeliou of country along Ihoovoiland trail fiom the Columbia river to California, thorn- foio most of the men, although doubl ing his judgement as a mountaineer, had full confidence that he could iden tify tho country to tho eimtwanl, but it was found .thai from n high and piospcclivo point attained that he was unable to iceognie any pail of the high mountains or the many piomi ueullandmmks in view ahead of us. ThiswitHVoiy discouiaging to us, for our provisions weio nearly consumed and gaino was nil the time getting Hcateer, and the men becoming dissat isfied pi oposod to letuin, having, us they saw, been under tho eliaigc of T'Vault u sull'ieient length of time lo satisfy all hands that Ids knowledge of the countiy and mounlaiueeiiug generally had been gioutly ovetralcd. As an inducement for the men to pioceed,(he sum of fifty dollars per mouth wasoireied to all who would lemaiu with (he expedition and not abandon it to return, and nine of the parly, rather than desert tho enter prise upon which they had embarked and under promise of tho wages o Her od consented to continue on, tinslinjr to Piovideuce; hoping that with good Miceess in killing game, our supplies might be tiiado to l.e-l until wo could teach the load in tho interior. The lomaiudcrof the patty (l.'l in numbei) returned to Port Otford, and among them (ieoige I.ount, the only tiiau in the expedition beside nivself who was accustomed to hunting or who evet killed any game. 1 had concluded to goon with the Captain,. nnd for. -if ui (ti er eonsidetalion he oH'eied me (ho ad ditional siini of 1."0 to entry an ex pies to Oiegon City immediately up on our leaching the mining disliict of tho inteiior. It wasiiMnry partingof men ; I.ount was from Michigan my own State was a good hunter, mid we had been much together sineo wo had been to Port Oi ford, mid I was sorry to have him leave us. llie Indians, to all nppc.uancc", hud In en left behind, M) that now but little sign was to bo i-een. A little game appealed to inhabit the country, hut was becoming mote mid mine M-aice eveiy day. '1 he company was now reduced lo ten men in all, conist ing of W. (!. T'V.iult. captain ; Cor neilus Doheity, finui Texas; .John P Pepper, f nun Now Ynk; John Hoi land, from Now IlampMiiic ; Cytus lleddcii, fiom New Jertey ; T J. Dav enport, fiom Mi aihinetts ; Jeteini ah Ryan, fiom .Maiyland; Patrick Mutpliy, ft out Now Yoik; (lilbett Hush, Irotu lexas; 1, 1.. Williams, from Michigan; the-o continued on theit weary march with latlom coiisl - .1 1. 1 i i t .. , i iii-i.iiii ii'iiiiui-ii unit a mwui niiis K-ri .. . . , ,. t ' . i .1 . ,ei 'us have anr Vlab una claim buiiiess- criincP, the stiongest aihrmntive cr of game to sunnlr their want-. 1 lii , ' ""l anv .i.iu.iiiiniiiuni uiumiss, ' ... . question of eating boisellesh was or- err night f ullr discuwed mound our ca.npftre-, and pailiculatlr after u hard and wearv mutch with no game, oraiiy licit sign visible. Fiom the rcpioscutatioiis continually made bv Capl, T'Vault, it was believed that wo could continue on our comic, and ob tain lclicf quicker than by turning back. After a few days obtaining no game, our iiitionswoio all consumed and yet no evidence prc-onlod itself, thatgavous any idea whatoverof the distance jet to tiavil befoto lelief could bo obtained. Tho Standard says thai F.iitehilds mid lletnaid, the two young moii who for a vc.ir p.mt haro boon in the Clackamas county jail, held on the ohiugo of inuidoiing Mrs. Uarbani II u gar, wore difch.ugcd on their own recognizance. The boys have had n voty nai row escape, tho jit t y standing, at their dial, cloven for guilty of mur der in the first degree to ono for ac quittal. Since tho dial Distiict At torney Caplos had, at his own expense, employed a man to fully investigate tho whoicabouts of Faiiohilds and Hornard at tho time of tho murder, and ho has le.iinedthat at least a doz en ro-ipousiblo wit.iiteses in mid about Kahuna would testify that both woto thoto on Iho day tho deed was com mitted. With this fact established tho dit-triot attorney diil not think a conviction could bo soeutod and con sented to the pioceedings which gavo Iho hoys thoir libeity. A young man, while attempting to llx a "misplaced switch" on a young lady's head in u ball room, Mopped on her diess nnd "wieckod tho tiniu." IHkotv is clamorous to become it State, Tho nowpapois oftho Toui tuiy claim that it has a linger popula now than either of tho States of Oto gon, Nornda, or Flotilla. A Miohkian nowspapor says it is pomiiltod by etiquette in that Statu font bildo to bo martiod without gloros, it being Mtpim-'od to lo typi cal of the manner in vvhioh whu will handle her husband when t-ho guts bettor luiquainted with him, mid pio cecils to icgulato, her hoitiohold. A Plaining; Tiir. We hare recently heard mi inter esting nneedole by which ono can de duce) n novel and adorn it into u talc, of how Roeond thought so often prc vcnti complications. T icrc isn Yan kee skipper fiom Maine, well known as n coal trader, Captain Pitcher, lie i", like most Maine men, Urge pro poi turned and muscular. Some years ago ho ran tho Krauz from Washing ton to Hostou, but has been abroad since, trading between this country and the continent. As the story goes a Itiitish troop-ship, commanded by an initable, impetuous old olliccr of the Queen's "narce," was nt anchor in a foieign port. Captain Pitcher's limk was being piloted in, nnd, through some mismanagement, fouled the jihlioQii of the troop-ship, doing, howevei, little or no damage. The old olliccr in n fury of t age, howled: "Come on board, sir." The Yankee skipper, not exactly knowing what lodo under the circutn stuncs, pulled in his gig to tho lad der of the tioop-ship mid mounted to the deck. JIo was somewhat st.utlcd when, as he stood upon it, the old of lior called : 'Sentry, aucst this man." The fkippor was astonished, but quickly answetcd : "lam an Ameti can citien, I am unatmed, but no man f-liall nriest me." 'Arret him, rontry. Don't you heat me?" loited tho captain. The i-onlry advanced to seic. the skipper, but was met witli a left-hander (hat would discount a pile-driver. Quickly die Yankee made for the ganwar, stiiking down every man whointerfeted, leaping into a gig, and pulled oil' to his bark. Straight to theAmeiican Con-ul ho went, mid put his o.ie before him. The latter JMiid be would attend to the matter. and the next day the skipper called. The Consul sat nt the center of the (able; to tho right was the English olliccr, no other than Yice-Admiral Sn Jnnu' Hope, I. C. 1!., in all the splender of full uuifoim. "Adniii.il Hope, Captain Pitcher," iutiodticed (he Con-nil. "Captain, I ant delighted to meet you," tcponded the Admiral. And now let (he war go on. lie spoke in (lie t-aue-t manner and with (he sweetest of rin'tles. The skipper bluntly said that ho thought the Eugli&liolliee should apologize, "Not at all, jtot at all ; no, dear friend. You came on bo.ud my -hip. ! "'hipped tho ontiio Queen's nary, and MMI wiiimiu a .-ciatci. is tliat not Mtllicicut satisfaction? Don't let I"1''"0 ,lu l ""l; " !'"' ! you are I I . 1 t too good a follow, I know, to force it." "Well, Admiral, began tho C.tptain, ' Sioatly mollified, "well, Admiral, I sorter guess mat it s an tigui. "Ofconr-e it N. We are diplomats, and I have -omo splendid brandy in my cabin. Theo are excellent cigars ; wo will adjoin it to our lii.indy and ci ga.'s; mid our two nations will post pone the war. If all your bailors ate like .vou, I should ptefer the war in definitely postponed. Boton Times. .Vitei mi Ieiurtnient. Keep your nails paired, and keep paiied youtaelf. Singlcblcsscduc!is an otnpty inoekety. Too out, not in. Especially if vou ato an employer, you would better tutu out voiif feet than your hands. Keep your face cle.inlv shared, and stop tltete. Don't sharo vour custo mer. Don't tnlk with your mouth filled with food. Audtheieis no call for vour talking much under normal conditions. ICeop jour clothing well blushed. If vou haro no luindi, tell your wife how j on long for jour mothers eook oiy, and jou will have one iin-tanter See that your eolar botton is seeuio bofoio you leave homo in tho morn ing. Eboyouwill find jiiuroholert.us iug befoto night. Don't intomipt a poison in his talk, Tho natural limit of a man's life is thieocoio yeais and ton. and he can't go on foiovor. Never put your kuifo in your mouth. Tho mouth is a voty poor place to keep a knife in. Apt lo tnako it justy, Don't tuck yiur napkin under your shut eolar. Tho waiter may tliiuk you vvouldste.il it. Nov or say "I won't" oron if it be jour wont to fool that way. Jlonton Tmiiscript. J acoii Lincoln, a ooiiMn of the mar tyr piosidont nnd a eattlo dealer, was tnurdoted at llauisbuig, Mil., leceut ly by twoioughs, niiiucd Wood nnd Reed, who nut heavily guarded in jail to prevent their loins lynched, Important IvxcciiIIyc Order. Governor Thayer has iss ted tho fol lowing system of rules regulating ap plications for requisitions for persons charged with crime: An application to the governor of this slate for a requisition upon the governor of another 8(n(c, or of n ter ritory, for (he rendition of nn alleged fugitive, must, if the person whose icndilion is sought lias been indicted be accompanied by the following doc uments in duplicate. 1. A duly ut tested copy of the in dictment, made by the clerk of tho court having jurisdiction to try the party charged. 2. An affidavit, or affidavits, that the party charged is a fugitive from jus tice and that the demand is made in good faith, for the punishment of (.rime, and not for the purpose of col lecting n debt, or of removing the al leged fugitive to a foreign jurisdiction with n view thcro to serve him with civil process, or for nny pecuniary or private end. In ease no indictment has been pre settled against the person whose ren dition is sought, but tho application is based upon mi information or com plaint made before nu examining court or magistrate, such application must be accompanied by tho follow- ing documents in duplicate : 1. A duly attested copyof the in foriuntio.t or complaint made by the examining magistrate. i!. Alt aflidavit or affidavits as speci fied in paragraph 2, above, a. An nflidiirit or affidavits to the facts constituting the offence charged by poisons having actual knowledge thereof. 1. A certificate from the magistrate before whom the complaint was made. that in his opinion, the character, of the complainant, nnd the merits of the ease presented, warrant the applica tion. Each npplicntion must be accompa nied nlso by a ceitilicatc of the Dis trict Attorney of the district in which the oH'cnso is alleged to hare been committed, together with his opinion upon tho expediency of allowing the application. In all caos the greatest care will be exercised by this department to as certain beyond a doubt that the object in seeking a requisition is not to col lect a debt or to alfoul tome person an opportunity to trmel at the public ex poiifeor tonnbwersome other, private end. In all cases of false pretense, em bezzlement, conspiracy nnd similar .. IA. .... III.. M..r.io..-vJ 4l.., l.rt .s3 iwcucu .. uu .(.-quorum., ii.c ..-... onjeci i not wic collection oi u pri rate debt. If the offeiibc is not of recent oc currence, sufficient reason must bo given ivliy the application has been delayed. Requisitions will not bo granted upon two or more States at the same time for the rendition of the same person. In all caes of rejected applica tions, the papers will be retained in this department. W. V. Thayer, Governor of the State of Oregon. IHwuppolutcd. When Kearnej- was in Sacramento recentlj', ho called Assemblyman Maybell into (he lobby and said to him in a strong business liko way, "Maybell, you must pass a law hcio regulating labor. This session must not go by without a law that will fix tho price of labor mid tnako us all squmoon the subject. You know wo have the Constitution now, and the inajotity of our new Supremo Court nreComnuinistsso, tf.drivo ahead and give us a law that will clinch the thing." Maybell answered hinibonie- what dosp mdiugly, saying, "I enn't do it, Keainoj-jthe Constitution ain't what I thought it wa." Y.vquisw Hay. Slater has present ed ameinoiial signedby the Governor and other ollicials and several thou sand citizens of Oregon praying iinap. ptopriation of $2oO,0(X) fortho iniprov inent of tho cutraneeof Yaq'iiun Hay. The nieinoiial nsserts that by develop ment of that impoitant haibor the le souroos of tho neighboring districts will open up a tract of fettilo eountty between the bay and tho Willamette ralleye.xceeding 500,000 acres. Chiengo men hnro brought a fourth interest in tho Ctedit Mobilter Mine, in Paradise- Diet. This mino is situ ated about fifteen miles from Golcon da, and about twenty-two miles from Wiunemucca, in tho range which separates Paradise. Valley from Iho Valley of tho Humboldt. Wmlc nnd Kecr:tiirj' Nlunton. Of Hon. Wndc nnd Secretary Stnn ton.aencnil Hrisbin tells n picture-quo story. Wndc one day nsked for the promotion of n military friend, nnd when Stanton refused, proceeded to discuss it with much stumping of the feet, flourishing of hisennennd nngry expostulation. Stanton sat quietly, nnd nt last Wade roared out: "You will do this thing for me, Mr. Secre tary!" "I will not," curtly responded Stnnton. "I say you will" ngain, roared Hen, striking the lounge with his eane. "And I say I won't,' replied Stanton. The two men stood facing nnd looking nt each other for full fire seconds, nnd then Wade began in a voice trembling with rage: "It's all very well for you, Stanton, to treat me this way now, but I remember when you hadn't a leg to stand on and I stood for you." Mr. Stanton's hard face relaxed, nnd he said quite mildly, "very well, Mr. Wade, if that is the way you put it, I suppose I shall hare (o give ou what you want." "Thank you, sir," returned Wade, and without utteii.ir; another word, be turned and went to the door. As he was going along the hall of the War ., ; , . T , i Department, mopping the sweat fiom i.:u f., i-.i ,...:,! . imt.i ,..,,. .... -,i i ,1 rm i ,11.4,1 I, nil -Ml,,, .4 llllrLl 117 iii.if man Stanton has?" "I could not help smiling," haj-s the General, and the Senator, without seeming to think that he had in the least exhibit ed any temper, went on tosaj: "I think Stanton is the most ill-natured man I have ever met." This was too much. and I luughed outright." What the devil are j"ou laughing at, sir?" tartly inquired Wade. "I wns think ing, Mr. Senator, j-ou showed a little temper yourself." "Did I? did I? Well, I expect I did," he said, and then he commenced laughing, and laughed until the walls of the War Department rang. Want of ConraBc A great deal of talent is lost to the woriu lor me wani oi courage. Jivcrv i dav sends to the crave a number o"f world for the want of courage. Every obscure men. who hare onlr remained in obscuritj' because their timidity has prevented their first ctfort, and who, if they could hare been induced to begin, would in nil probabiltj', hare gone great lengths in the career of fame. The fact is, in order (o do any-' thing in this world that is worth do ing we must not stand shivering on the brink, and think of the cold dang er, but jump in and scramblo as we can. It will not do to be pcrpctuallj calculating risks and adjusting nice chances. It did reiy well before the Hood, when a man could consult his friends upon a publication for one hundred and fifty years and then live to see its success for six or seven cen turies nfterward, but nt present n man watts, and doubts, and bcitntes, and consults his brother and his un cle, and paiticular friends, till one day ho finds that he is sixty j-ears of age ; that ho has lost so much time in consulting first cousins mid particular friends that he has no time left to fol low their advice. There is no time for ovcr-squeaiuishness nt present, theopportunitj- so casilj slips awitj, tho very pen'od of his life at which man chooses to venture, if ever, is so confined, that it is no bad rule to preach up tho necessity, in such in stances, of a littlo violence to feelings, mid to efforts made in defiance to strict and sober calculation Curious, If True. An exchange saj"s : Some time ago the Chineso of Portland enjoyed a sensation by tho finding of a stone altar of considerable proportions in tho Palouso countiy. It boro all the marks of having been buiied forpges and how it ever came thero is a mys-terj-- Tho altar was carefully boxed up and placed under the chargo of six talwmt Celestials, taken to Portland shipped to China on tho bark Colotna. Tho Chinamen say that tho alter was tho property of a 'Joss that lived in this countiy centuries ago, and at that time controlled tho wateis of the Columbia liver. Ovkk 5,000 ottlo have been shipped from Winneinuccathis winter. A i'ktkified rattlesnake was recent ly found near l.olvolock's Station, Nevada. Tho head was gone, but tho body and rattles weto in a perfect con dition. Mrs. Bowi:i5S,tho Wnshoo Seeress, is trying to infuse courage into Com- Blockers by assorting that "wo" aro on tho evoof a giaml discoverj. Ciiixamkn' on tho Comstock mino aro evading tho law against opium smok ing bj mixing tho drug with tobacco and smoking it in common tobacco pipeB, Hen I.IIHiI I.rfIxlntlon. The bill passed by the Senate yes tctday for the telief of homestead set tlers is n measure of great importance to very large numbers of settlers in California. It wns originnlly intro duced by Senator Itootli, nnd his per sistant efforts procured its pnssnge, both in the public land committco and in the Senate. Under tho exist ing Inw the right of pre-emption on public land attaches from thedate of settlement, but the right of a settler under the homeitead law only from the date of the entry. This bill pro vides that the land shall be given to the first settler whether he claim it asnprc-empter or as a homesteader. Senator liooth is on this point : There is no rcncon why the right of , luitnoateml m-uIp should not reluin back by his alleging the date of his settlement in his homestead aflidavit, and the fact that a settler now before the surrcj has no option but must claim under tho pre emption law in order to cut under intervening settlers or grants. Many settlers have alreadj used their pre-emption tight mid aro now, although in possession of valua ble improvement", cntiicly at tho mercy of i-itcrrening prc-etnptois or railroad giant''. The bill next provides that the first settlci upon an abandoned homestead entrj- shall have a preference right to acquire a title to it after tho original entrj- is canceled, and the last section substitutes for the present round about nnd dilatory- method of cancel ing relinquished homesteads and tim ber culture entries in thegcncrnl land office, the common sense provision that such relinquishments shall bu ! effectual as soon as they arc filed in the local land office. Booth, in ex plaining this section, said : The relinquishments aro ncarlj- al-waj-s made as the result of purchase of improvements bj-tome person who is looking for a homestead, and if tho cancellation were immediately noted, he, by reason of bis being a partj- in the matter, would be able to enter ba- fore any one else, but as long as can- j -- ' -' o cel1-1 io'"' ch c-cs are milIc !t present, ho has no advantage by rc.ion of such purpose, for in the interval, ft becomes widely known in the neigh borhood and at the land ofliec, that the claim to that tract has been re linquished, and all the jumpers and speculators of both localities are itn- niediatelr on the alert to ascertain in advance of everj- one else the manner of the cancellation. This desiieisno small source of corruption in tho local land otliees, and reporting can cellations by telegraph which goo by mail, forms a considerable part oi the business of some land attorneys in this cilv. Cot-lc n ml ItN Vuliio. Tho constantlj' increasing demand for cork for bottling and oilier pur poses, together with the fact that tho cultivation of the tree is sadlj neg lected, thiealons to cause a seriou-s dearth of tho article. Yet no other substance has been discovered that willscrvOHS a substidtto for coik iu many of the uses to which it is ap plied. Coik is worth eleven times what it was a centurj' ago, and its nimkct value is rapidly incieasing. The American Commissioner of Agri culture has satisfied himself that tho cork tree can be succe3fullj' cultiva ted in various parts of tho United States, and in his repoit for 1S7S, just issued, recommends that the govern ment odor premiums to those who, within a reasonable specified time, shall have obtained the host rosults iu eotk culture. In Sicily, S.udiniaand tho Kingdom of Italy gioat planta tions of eotk trees have been destioj--cd to obtain the tannin from tha b.uk. After having been stripped of their bark the trees wero burned in otdor that tho caibonato of soda might bo extracted fiom their ashes. In 1S2:J tho Fionch government began to nur ture this impoitant interest. Fnuico has now about 500,000 acres of cork plantations in Algoria. Tho tico giovvs as high as sixty-fivo feet, and will live and yield coik fiom 150 to 200 ye.it s. In a dry, sandy, silioious. soil, at an altitude of fiom 1,GQQ to, 3,20C feet, nnd not fuithor north than tho fortj--fiftli degree ot lattitude, coik plantations will lloutish. Tha. treo does not, however, yield valua ble cotk until it is 'tow aid fifteen, years oldv Giii:i:k brigands near Sulonica hava sent a letter demanding 15,000 ran som in ton daj'd or they will send Colonol Syngs head lo .Salomon. Two companies oi United Stnlcs, troops havo boon sont to CoidtrgH, in Suminor county, Kansas, to insist in piovonlingthooontomplntviiHinaMtn, of Indian Territory,