Ct knTe- f "WJ "Jf ' T?' ""JTlWTI MMMHHIPWIMPMII J HI IB ,PWlPW1llPf8pW JS , , ja r'!i,ji F7rf2T7TT "jwpat,1 wvtw-"" 'T ,' JHWSRiW - V Tlie Ooasb Moil. I'lMIMAIIKIt EVERY SATURDAY MORNING iv WEBSTER, HACKER & LOCKHART, JUnrshfluld, Cues Co., Or. TcrniK, Onoj'oar i Six mouths Throo monlliH In Advance. fit CO 1 fiO 1 00 OI'FIOIAh PAPUIt OF COOS CO. Tim .llluviiilou f itlfiN. Familiar n this migration of birds is to iit tlioro Is, perhaps, no question in r.oology moro ohseuio. The long lllghtu llioy lako, and tlio unerring certainty with wliloli thoy wing ilioir way liulwuon tho most distant places, arriving nud tlcpnrtliiK t llio witrio period your nfterymir, aio points in tho history of birds of passngo n mysterious ns they nro lulciostiiie;. Wo know thnt most tiiiirnmttf lly aftor mindown, though ninny of thorn lcol a moonlight nluht lo oroaa tho Medilorinnann. lint tlmt iholr me teorogioal inctinot is not unerring Is proved by tho fuel tlmt thousands nro, every your drowned in tlioir flight Ovor tho Atlantic ami othor oceans. Northern Afili'ii mid Western AhIu nro selected ns Winter quartern liy most of them, mid they may ho ofton notioud on tiioir way thillior to hang ovor towns at night, pawled, in spilo of thuir experience, at tlio shifting light nf tho struct and houses. Tho Nwallow or tlio nightingale may some times ho dulaynd hy unexpected cir cumstance. Yot it in raroly Unit tlioy arrive or depart tunny days soon or or later ono year with another. I'rof. Newton 'considered that were sea-fowl satellites revolving round the mirth tlioir arrival ronhl hardly bo inoro surely cahmlnlod hy mi nation- imor.', loul weatlior or fair, hnnl or cold, tho puffins repair to tamo of their stations punctually on a given day, as if their movements were iogu lated hy oloek-work. The swiftnvw of llight which ebrnotorixci nioil birds, enable them to eovor a vnst tqmeo in a brief time. Tho eoimnon black mvUI emi lly S70 mile an hour, n spued whieh, if it could lie main tained for leM than half a day, would carry the bird from its Winter to if Summer quarter. The large purple swift of Amorloii U unpaid oT oven greater fonts on tho wing. Tho ehitii-noy-Mvallow is flower 90 iiiilon per hour hultig nhout the limit of iU pow or; hut tho passenger-pigeon of the United Stu'o oau nuoomplish a jour' ney of 1,000 ii)ilo butweon sunrise and minuet. It i aim true, as the ingenious Ilcrri'almon hits attempt iid IObIiow, tlmt migrant durrng their long llights may he directed by an utpriencopatly inherited and partly acquired by tlio individual bird. They often follow tho coast linen of conti nents, ami invariably take, on their passage ovor the Mediterranean, one of three routed. Hut this theory will not explain how they pilot tliemtolvos new) broad oceans, and U invalidat ed hy tho fact tlmt, familiar to ovary o'rtuthnloglst, that tho old and young bird do not journey in eompany. j Invariably tho young hruodn travel together : then com, after an inter val, tho puronte; and, finally the tour h brought up by tho weakly, infirm, .molting and hroken-ftinged. Thin is (lie rule in Allium i. Tho return journey i aceoniplhjhixl in the rovoro order. Tho dUtaneo tmvetud neum, inoteovor, to hnvo no relation to tliu the of tho trnvoler. Tho Hwediih hluo-throat porforuiri its mateinal functioua among the Lap, and enjoys its Winter holiday among tho no; groea of Soudan, whllo tho tiny, ruby throated humming-bird proceed an ually from Mexico to Newfoundland aiid hank again, though ono would imaginn that mj delicate a littlo fairy would ho more at homo among the cacti and agavoe or the' Tierra Calli onto than among tho Hm and fog of the North, Tim l-ttliH of Vltluliiy. Amoxo tho proparedxpceialswhioh Chairman Itanium of (ho Democrat ic Committee tout to the pros nil over the country prior to tho oloetion wan ono claiming that they had abso lute proof that Morvy received from (iarllohlthopro-Chinoio letter. Note the fact that no mioh proof has hcou attempted and Hart testified that the letter mime to himself aunoymoiu through tho -mail. Tho evidence no euiuulatoK (hat tmid latter w:u never mailed from Wudhington norrocolved "t lyiui, Although the elcotiou is ovor tho case huts iutoroU an showing thodeptlm of villainy to whloh oiuo pollticnl manngora will htoop in tho hope of fooling, and' chanting tho people ritiilWIUIOK TIIIJ aitKAT. Ho Wl'ltCS to tho ItiiHsiiiu Ainhaiuuidor mi tlio oe eusiim of tho death of tho Kinprona Anno : It would ho impowlhle lo ox tun.... 1 . . . I .. .. ill. .4 I l.d IllllkjO I'lUBit me IOHHOI HUH glOIlt riiiiiiiioo, t for hIio was oudowod with ever ' vir too, was tho delight of -tlio people and her iiiiiiujiiHin frlouds, among whom 1 hardly daro (o assume ovuir a mod st iilnco." Tho day bofoio ho had u-iitltiii to his own Minister : "The j'.mpicKS of KusMia is dead Tho Lord faior us, nud luck is mi our side." (Jvuiii.mi piuiality in Maine is ocri,t'(Hi, ,n his inajoiity oer.000. COAST VOL. II. i'. I 9 " Hiiiiioi 'luiii(Ilci'on l lie !m. imrnvy. The following languago was used by .Senator Chandlor in tlio Senate, Maich 18th, 1870: Wo havo now spent tiirco months and a half in this capitol, not without certain results. Wo havo shows to tho people of this nnllon just what tho Domooratio party moans. Tlio people havo been informed as to your objects, ends and alms. JJy fraud iud violence, by phot-guns and tissue- Hols, you hold a present majority tin liQth Houses j)f CoiigioKs, and you havo taken mi early opportunity to show what you intend to do with that mnjoruy inns omainco. You nro within sight of tho piomised laud, hut like Mofes of old wo proposo to send you up into tho mountain lo die politically. Mr. President, wo nro npproachlng tho end of this extrn session, and "its record will 50011 bo history. Tho acts of tho Democratic party, as manifest ed in tills Goiigiess, justify mo in ar raigning it before the loyal pcoplo of tho United States on the political is suos which it has proented, as the enemy of the nation and the author and ubholtor of rebellion. 1. I arraign the Democratic party for having resorted to lovolulionary mcnsuies to carry out its paitisan pro jects by attempting to cocrco thn ex ecutive hy with-holding supplies, nud thiu accomplishing by starvation tho destruction of tho Government which they had fulled to overthrow hy arms 'J. I nrraigu thorn for having in jured tho busines interests of the country by forcing tho present extra Mstou, alter liberal compromises were tendeied to thorn prior to the close of tho Inst session. 91. I arraign them for having at templod to throw away the results of tho recent war by again elevating state over national sovereignty. We expended 15,000,000,000 and sac ifllced 111010 than !!00,000 precious lives to put down this heresy and to pbrpulunto tho national UJe. They suricndeied this heresy at Appomat tox, but now thoy n.ttempt to rohow this pretention. , -I. I arrjign them for having at tempted to damage tho bun'moss in terests of tho country hy forcing silvor coin into ciiculation, of loss value than it represents, thus swind ling the lulmring man and tho pro ducer, by compelling them to accept 85 cents for a dollar, and thus enrich ing the bullion owners at tho oxpeuso of tho laborer. J'onr million dollars a day is paid for labor alone, and by thus attempting to force an So" cent dollar on the laboring man you swindle him daily out of .fOOO.000. Twelve hundred million dollars are paid yearly for lab.ir alono, and by thus attempting to force an 85 cent dollar on the laboring man you swindle hiin out of f ISO.OOO.OOOnyoar. The amount which the producing class would lose is absolutely incal culable. 5. lairaign them for havlnu re moved without cnuio cxpoiienccd of ficers and omployo of tills body, somo of whom served and wero wounded in the Union army, and for appointing men who had in the rebel army at tempted to destroy this-tiovcrniuont. 0. I arraign them for having in stituted a secret and illegitimate tri bunal, the edicts of which have been inado the supicmu governing power of Cougiess in dellanco of tho fundn mental principles of tho Constitution. Tho decrees of this junta nro known although its motives aro hidden. 7. 1 arraign them for having hold up for public admiriitoin that inch rebel, .loirersou' Davis, declaring that ho was inspiicd hy motives as sacred njul as noble as uninvited Washing ton i and as having rendered soryioos in attempting to destroy tho Union which will equal in history Gieclan fame and Human glory. Laughter on tho Democratic side and hi por tion'3of the gallerjos. Youean laugh. Tho pcoplo ot tho north will make you laugh on tho other sido of your faces! 8. I arraign them for having un dertaken I j blot from tho stntute bgok of tho nation wiso laws, render ed necessary by tho war and its io suits, and insuring "life, lihorty, and tho pursuits of happiness" to tho omunoipatod frcodinon, who aro now mu bulldozed and ku-kluxod that they aro seeking peace in exile, although irged to remain by shotguns. I arraiirii them for having at tempted to repeal the wiso legislation which oxoludus those who served un der tho rebel Hug from holding com missions 111 the army mid navy of tho United States.' 10. lairaign them for having in troduced a hugo uinouut of legisla tion for til" exclusive benefit of tho Htales recently in lebolliun, whkh, it JylARSHFlELD, OR., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1880. ot.nctcd, would bankrupt tho Nation nl Treasury. 11. I arraign thom for having con spired to destroy all that the Repub lican party has accomplished. Jinny of thom breaking their oaths of alle giance to tho United States and pledging their lives, their fortunes hml tlioir sacred honors to overthrow this Government, thoy failed, and thus lost all they pledged. Call n halt. Tho days of vaporing aro ovor. The loyal north Is aroused and their doom is scaled. I u:copt tho issuo on these arraign ments dUltn'cily and ppcclflcnlly be fore the citizens of this great Jtcnub lic. As a Senator of the United Stales and as a citizen of tho United Stale's, I nppcal to tho people. It is for those citizens U say who is right and who is wrong. I go heforo that tribunal confident thnt tho Republi can party is right and the Democratic party is wrong. They havo mado theso issues ; not wc ; and hy thom thoy must stand or fall. This is tho plntform which tlioy havo constructed, not only for 187!) but for 18S0. They cannot change it, for wo will hold them to it. Thev havo mndo their bed, and wo will seo to it that they lie thereon. A IM-itiiuillr Iiiclilciit, A divorce suit recently came be fore ono of tho St. Louis Courts, en titled "Gregory vs. Gregory," jn which thoro was n startling and sad episode. The counsel for tho hus band was unusually sevcro in his stircluros against tho wife. Sho exhibited groat agitation during bis I remarks, and finally became so cx- I cited that she could no longer re strain herself. A St. Louis paper thus describes tho scone that ensued, "Sho roso from the witness chair and throwing up her arms with .1 dramatic gesturo and tono exclaim ed : "You will drive 111c crazy ! Would you rob mo of that I you hnvo ruined my character. My God! I cannot bear this, Eugene, my husband save 111c ! save me !" Those impassioned utterances pro duced a great Hcnsn'ion in "Court, ' which was filled with ladies, wit- iiosscs and spectators. 1 ho agoniz ing appeal to tho husband brought him to his wife's side. Ho bent over her find did all, in his power to eootho and quite her. An elderly man who had accompanied Mrs. Gregory lo Court also went forward, but tho husband gavo him to under stand that his wife having sum moned him to her sido, ho would allow no ono cPe to rondor any ser vice at that time. Tlio ladies in Court wore much cfll'flted by tho scene and somo began to sob. In tho ond tho proceedings were ad journed until morning." Till' I'll'Nt Ifcltiltii-o. In 1770Captain Cook visited Botany Hay in tho ICmknvor, which had been despatched in 17GS on a scientific mis sion. In tho course of tho voyage, and when inchorod in Endeavor riv or, 1111 oxploiiug and foraging party returned to the ship with tho news that tlioy had scon a now and curious animal, of a mouso color, and about as largo asagioyhound.which moved with surprising swiftness and dexteri ty. This animal was scon next day, jm which occasion also ono of tlio seamen brought tho surprising intelli gence that ho had i-oen the. devil this information relating to nn ani mal' which he said had horns nnd wings. Tho animal proved to bo minus tho horns, (which were 110 doubt Its cars) but to possess wings, and appeared in tho shape of a huge fruit-eating bat. Tho now nniiual of tho mouso color and of tlio size of a U'reybnund was duly seen by Captain Cook himself, who remarked its long tail, and abo that it leaped liko a hnreorunor. On Saturday, July 14, a Mr. Goro shot ono of the new ani mals, which was ivscoilaincd to bo called "kangaroo" hy tho natives, nnd which was likewise proved to bo ro markably good "atlng at tho voyngors' dlnnorof Sundny, July 15, 1770. Such wns tho description givon by Onptain Cook of the now well-known kanga roo, Antiquarian researches in zool ogy, however, inform us that Do Hriiins, a Dutch traveler, saw a kan garoo ns early as 1711. This animal was kept domesticated at Untavia, and was named "Filandor." and ap pears to bo tho species now called Jfaorojius llrunii, after its discoverer. Is Sierra county, Cnl., ft packer named llodoiigus, who had consider able money with him. was shot dead by highwaymen, who are pursued by uShorill"s posse. a? 13: ej Am to tins Courrut of tlio lrrU (lent IHccf. A Washington dispatch Jina tho following : Pergonal frionds of Gen. Garfield say ho will not again lake hifl seat in the Ilousoof Jlcprescnta tivos, hut will in a few days reign both it and his prospective member ship of tho Senate. His successor in the Iloueo, who will, flf'cnursc, bo ti Republican, may bo elected upon ten days' notice. It is believed hero that Secretary Sbermnn, td- uiougn no coum doubtless bo at tho head of tho Tronaury Dcpartniiint, cxtcnt 0f tho calamity and the 1 re undor President Garfield, if he wish- ......,, . n,1 in ill -.,..,(,... 41... a .. maikcu. TJnrA,,, ' ,,r;nr l'. 1 ' --...... ,..ufc.,.. ... iiiivu .,., 1) iiiirficld, nnd that Gov. Foter, of Ohio, will bo given 11 Cabinet nosi- tion, probably tho Secrclnryshrp of 1110 interior. Friends of Attomnv finLinrnl TW-. j ens predict that ho will be nominated to a position on the biiprenio bench during tho coming session of Con gress to succeed cither Justice Clif ford or Justice Hunt, one of whom, it is said, will probably retire before President Hayes goes out of office. George Francis Dawson, of Cali fornia, formerly Librarian of the U. S. Senate, and present Treasurer of the Republican Congressional Cam paign Committee, is announced us a candidate for the position of Ser- geant-at-arins of tho next House of Representatives. Mr. Dawson is favorably known as a journalist, and as tho compiler of tlio Republican committee's text book in tho last ,Jvo campaigns, who will bo support ed by a large number of fiiends among the members. In view of the strong possibility that Gen. MeMuhone may act with the Republicans and thus tie the Senate, u very interesting question has arisen as lo tlio right of tho Vico President to oast the deciding vote on any resolution afleelingtho Sen ate's organization. Somepromiuent Democrats already arguo that as lie is not a member' of tho Senate, ho has no such right;' but on the other hand, it is insisted that ho must necessarily possess it for tho same reasons that tho Constitution gives him tho unquestioned power of breaking u deadlock in all matters 1 of legislation. The importance of having control" of tho Senate of ejjH-sc reaches far beyond securing uic (mice. inai uuacu mine pairon- age of tho Senate, tho main point be ing to secure majority roprcsontat ion on the committees, by which all imj portiiut legislation is shaped or large ly dictated, and there is no doubt that tho Republicans will make a determined sllort to secure this ad vantage as soon as the President elect Garfield conyencs tho Senate on the-lth ofliireb to confirm his appointments. If there then he a tie on organization and tho- Vice President acts upon the Republican theory and declares a standing com mittee adopted, the Democrats will havo no other recourse than appeal from his decision; and although he cannot vote upon a question of sus taining his own decision, it cannot be overruled except by a mniority vote, a tio vote upon appeals being equivalent to a minority vote. It is furthermoie questionable how Judgo j;avis would vote upon such an ap peal. IIo will doubtless vote with tho Democrats to retain tho present organization, but on tho point of parliamentary law nlxivu suggested no might possibly vote with the Re publicans. A letter weeived from a warm per sonal friend of Gon. Mahone, dated at Richmond, says Mr. Mahone de clines positivoly to talk about the future party relations or his own political course, acknowledging him self as completely surprised by tho result. IIo says ho is undismayed and will do his best next time, lie says that for tho present, so far as tho Senato is concerned, he is a cau cus of ono and shall practice a mas terly inactivity. CliiiM'NO IiiiiiilKi-atlou lo tlio South, Tho agent of New Oilcans and Havana steam-ship lino was hero some days with referonco to tlio proposed bringing over nf Chinoso from Cuba to I.ouisana to be employed by sugar planters in thnt State. The obstacles thrown in tho way by tho Spanish au thorities ami Chinoso consul have been mentioned and. tho mission of tho ag nt hero was to ascertain if if something could be done from this point. Ho called at thedepartmonUof Statu and tho Chinoso emb.usy, but nothing practical resulted. In view of what ho eharaotori.es as tho bad treatment experienced by Chinoso who havosottlod in the United States, tho Chinese ambassador says lie docs not fool inclined to take any action that will result in bringing any more of thom hero, and as tho United States government desires a modification of California tho state department considers it will not bo consistent to encourage such immigration to Louisiana. Ami:uk an missionaries aio feeding 1 away if forcibly driven to it by pulling 5X)Mussulnicn fugitives at I'ramiah.'un the wrong vein MAIL. lEovr IIIm lli-ollicr Went Ooirn. Detroit Press. 4V littlcold man known around the foot of Woodward nventio as "John," ,was yesterday hunted out in tho office where he works, by a stranger, who said ho camo from Oswego and had bad news to communicate. Tho news was nothing less than the death of John's brother by drowning, and the st rangor happened lo bo on hand to witness. Old John stood for a few iiiimifnti na if f rvltiff it rnnli'n f tin full ' "W. I"""' beard from him in ton vears. You say he fell off I the wharf?" "Yes; ho was piling lumber, and bis footing gave way and ho went into the water."' "Did he fab quite easy?"' "I guoss so. I don't think the full hurt him any." " How many times did ho rise to the sin faco before going down to stay?" "Twice, I think." "Do you think he had his senses?" "Oh, yes." 'Anil from where you stood you could have heard all ho said?" "Oh, yes. I was not n hundred feet awny." "Xow, then," continued old John ns he braced up and got a new hold of his shovel-handle, "will you answer mo something in confidence?" "I will." "Then, sir, tell mo il my poor broth er hurrahed for Hancock or Garfield boforc he went down the last time?" Tins struck the stranger for a min ute, but he ntmvercd by saying that George didn't hurrah for cither of'the enndidatus, ns he heard. "Maybe not maybo not," sighed the old man "maybo ho was what they call on the fence and didn't know whether to yell with tho Dimo crats or holler with tho Republicans! roor fleoigo! I'm a bit sorry he didn't put himself on record I" , Tnmti: is nt Ottawa, says a report in the Toronto Mail, on a visit to his mothpr, a man named Ryan, who left Canada 12 years ago a penniless boy; but who is now worth over six million dollars, lie mado his money mining m Utah. Yesterday ho pur chased the residence of Mr. John Hill, nt the Rideau bank, for $7,500; and when it is furnished will present it lo his mother; Mr. Ryan's history reads liko a romance. Ho was the t-on of a farmer near Pembroke, nnd when ho left for California it is said that his father had to soil a cow for tho porposo of securing the needful. He engaged with a farmer in Utah, and took a portion of the hitter's land in payment for his wages. When prospecting for a site on which to commence building operations ho is said to have discovered gold. A com pany was formed and Jlr. Ryan be came immensely wealthy. In com pany with another brother ho is now working, two mines, while a third brother is kcoping store in tlio samo locality. Moso.nTor;s, according to sonic doc tors of tho now sohool, aro naturo's prophylactio ngainst malaria, the liquid injected by 'tho sting depositing a crystal which, upon nnnbsis, is sup posed to bo identical with quinia. The idea of tho mosquito being tho countor.-irritant to malaria is certainly a very benovolont ono, though it will hardly prevent pcoplo from killing their medioino on sight. But why not assume tho converse of tho propo sition, tliat.mosquitos aro thoeause of malaria? Certainly tho biggest mos quito and these that bito tho hardest aro found whoro chills aro most sovcro and fevers hottest. In Louisians and Mississippi, whore tlio "break-bone fever rages, tlio mosquitos have the reputation of being able to pierco through a thick buckskin glove. In thoso sections,' ladies do their sowing undor mosquito nets, and tho most ardont lovor, when ho goes courting, always finds a "bar" between him and fie object of his affections. ToTjtK.vr a FniauTE.vi:n Hcitsn. A man who has had much experience in managing horses, sys: When- over nervous hor&oinon notieo their horso directing his oar to any point wluitovor, or indicating tho slightest disposition to becomo afraid, lot thom, instead of pulling tho rein to bring tho horso toward tho object causing its nervousness, pull it tm tho other sido. This will instantly divert tho attention of the horso from the object which is oxcitiug his suspicion, 'and In ninety-nine oases out of a hundred the horso will pay no inoro attention lo the object, frini which ho will fly NO. 47. fto 'I'rlMnfC Willi llio Itcnulf. Tho Democratic lenders in Xew York City raiso tho cry of fraud nnd throw out the hint that the voto of Xcw York may yet be counted for Hancock. It meets with but very littlo encouragement even from Dem ocrats, nnd was possibly intended merely to divert attention from their own crookedness. Tho Tribune's Philadelphia spccinl says: Clinirman Cessna, of the Re publican State Central Committee, says of Ilarnum and Kelly's patent 'ratal scheme : "When the report or rumor was first circulated on Thurs dnytftcrjaQpn, I was not disposed to i:ujisiiii;r.r u ns serious. .1 wiuugjivit merely a movement among stock gamblers ; but after considering it for a time, I began to fear it was nu cf' fort among the more desperate men of the Democratic party to feel the public pulse, and learn whether they could witli safety perpetrate tlio great fraud. I think now if they had con trol of the Stato government of New York there would bo danger, but ns it is I do not think there is any cause for serious alarm, as the better cle ment of the Democratic party would not encourn'go the fraud. The Times' spccinl says: It' is stattd that Hancock is much disgust ed with the serious blunders and con tcmptiblo meanness that hnsehnrnc tenzed the conduct of the Democratic campaign, and will not assist the managers in covering up their own manifold shortcomings by joining in the cry of fraud where no fraud can be proved or found. The Rcpnblican National Commit tee prescnte'd an address to the coun try comprising the results of tho clec tion, nnd concluding ns follows : Re publicans may be assured that no af terthought of two or three mortified and desperate leaders of a minority, writhing linger their party censure, will be allowed to trifle with this mighty verdict or prevent tho organ ization of the Government on the ap pointed day by the resolute men chosen to administer it. After Tluiii All. One day last summer Jay Gould stopped at Jockson, Michigan, on his way from Chicago to Detroit, to meet some railroad man who was coming from Fort Vay''c. While wandering around tho depot he was accosted by a thick-set, middle-aged man with gray eyes and an ugly nose, who blurted out: "Say, anin'tyou Jim Kecno?" 'No, sir," was the reply "Bccauso, if you aro, I'm going to punch your head!" continued the man. "Jim Keenc busted my brother-in-law 1 nil to smash on the wheat business, and I've sworn to break every rib in his body if ever I get hold of him." "Say, old fellow, I believe your name is Vandcrbilt?" "No, I am not Vanderbuilt," was the reply. "Because, if you arc, one cf your conductors on this road bounced me oil' a train and told mo to get satisfac tion out of Vanderbuilt, and I'm ready to take it hero and riow." Ho wont oil, held a brief con ferenco with the station agent, then crossed Gould's path, and growled : "Is your name IUisscl Sage?" "No." "Because, if it is you, you can get ready for a roll in a nuidholel Rus sel Sago cleaned out my only rich un do in a stock speculation, and I'vo sworn to manglo him 011 sightl" Gould must havo suspicioned that ono more inquiry was coming, for he closeted himself in tho telegraph' of fice, and had been there only a fow minutes when the man halted under tho window and said to a friond : "Jim, I want to find that gent and ask him if ho is Jay Gould, bocauso if ho is, he is tho worst pill of the whole lot, and I'm going to make dog meat of him in just ten seconds. Mountain I. altos T Idaho. Standard, At the head of tho Salmon rivor, 3 miles fronr Bonanza, is Alturas lako, 8,000 feet high, eight or nine miles long, lmi a boat on it, and of courco is navigated. But thero is a lako 011 tho Saw Tooth mountains that has probably no equal in tho United J States, It is about 70 or 80 miles from Bonanza, nud at an altitude of nearly 12,000 feet. Tho lako lies in a busin among tho sharp crags of tho snowy Saw Tooth, and is a shoet of perpetual ico. It was discovered in August of last year by n party of pros-' pectins, and named Ico Lake. Tho sun seems to havo no 'effect upon It, except in places bordering tho shore. It is simply a great bowl of hard mountain rock brimful ot solid ice, a sort of glacier, upon which tho rays of thcsun decern! with no power to penetrate. The Coast Mail; DEYOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTH ERN OREGON ALWAYS FOREJIOST. The Development of our Mines, tho Improvcmcntof our barbors.nnd rail road communication with the Interior" ' spccinlitics. Killril liy Inches. The origin of tho above" oxpreeslou is thus explained in a recent English work : All'ision is mr.de in the phrase to divers ways of prolonging'capital pun ishment in olden timts ; e. g. 1. The "Iron coffin of Lissa." The prisoner was laid in the coffin, nnd saw the iron lid creep slowly down with almost imperceptible movement slowly, silently, but suroly ; on, on it came with its relentless march, till, after lingering days nnd nights in sus pense, the prisoner wns nt last slowly crushc-1 by tho iron lid slowly coming down upon him. & -a The Raiser do la Viergo, or the "Virgin's Kiss' of Baden-Baden. The prisoner, blindfolded and fastened to a chair, was lowered by a windlass down a deep shaft from the top of the castlo into tho very heart of the rocks on which it stands. Here he remain ed until he was conducted to a torture chamber, and commanded to kiss the brazen statue of the "Virgin," which stood nt the end of tho pnssnge; but immediately, when ho raised his lips to give the kiss, down he fell through a trap door on a wheel with spikcs which wns set in motion by the fall. 3. Tho -'Iron cages of Louis XI" were so constructed that the victims might linger for years, but whether they sat, stood, or lay down, tho posi tion wns equally uncomfortable. 'The Chnmber a Crucej" or "crush ing room." wns a heavy chest, short, shallow, and lined with sharp stones, in which the sufferer was packed and buried alive The 'Bernielcs" consisted of a mat tress on which the victim was fasten ed by the neck, -while his legs' wero crushed between two logs of wood, on the uppermost of which the torturer took his sent. This process was" con tinued for several days, till the suffer er died with tho lingering torment. Many other modes of stretching out tho torment of death might easily be . ndded. I-Vel 4'filYc Liberally. - ," 1 "We have often attempted to im press upon our readers the fact that it is only from the extra food that any growth can bo made. For if the calf only gets food enough to support its present condition, it must remain without growth, and the food it cats is 'wholly lost, and perhaps worse than lost, for the calf cannot remain feta-. tionnry without becoming unthrifty, and this unthrifty condition will greatly iuterfero with its future growth. Every consideration there- fore requires that calves should not bo permitted to remain stationary, but should keep up a steady, thrifty growth thtcughout tho season, This is what somo skillful, practical .feed ers mean when they 'say that calves,- should never bo pormitted to loso'l their calf flesh; and if this can bo -picvcnted they will continue to mako a profitable growth till fitted for mar ket. There is po feed given to a calf during its whole life that will pay 11 oetter profit than this extra food wo ' have advised to be given during tho first season, ho feeder cannot afford to be illiberal in feeding his calves his only profit depends upon his lib erality. The Canada Pacific It, R. Sir J. A McDonald is gradually becoming, more commuueativo with a Canada Pacific Syndicate. Ho is reported now declaring that tho enteipriso would cost less to Canada then Sir Hugh Allen offered to build it for in 1S73. Moreover tho road will not cost tho old Provinces of Canada a cent, as the land will pay for it. Ho had received an oll'cr from an English man of great wealth Mr. Thomas Brasscy, M. P t member of tho Impend Government for 01,000 acres near the base of Rocky Moun tains, and. had accoptcd it. Tliero., was great anxiety among tho English pcoplo to como out lo Canada and we might look for a vast immigration. A problem w hich Sir John will, havo to solve, however, is how to keep thom in Canada aftor they are thero? The tendency nt present is but to mnko tho Dominion a half-way stop ping placo to the United States. X. Y, Jlulleliii. Tim time was when missionaries penetrated further into the unknown countries" then any "other chua'of- in dividuals, bul, to-day, how different I American manufacturers nro fast stealing a march on their reverend brethren. Tho little Hiiiokestained angels in Madagascar knowoth 'not the missionary, hut are daily to bj seen playing mumble peg with Amer ican jaek-kiilvcfl, while the Arab of tho desort trims hi beard with scIssorsV Iwowln made in Connecticut. Ik tho Memphis, Tenn. District, Moore, Republican, is elected to Congress. e- v, 3 Jti -s": s .k j is J