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liver i VOL. 3. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1892. NO. 52. " -1. 3f ooi jiver S lacier. rUBLISUBD EVERT SATURDAY MORJJINO BT 'I The Glacier Pnblishing Company. ' t A subscription price. . One ye&r ' Six months..., Three months. Bnlo copy ...ft w ... 1 Of . Cantr THE GLACIER - Grant Evans, Propr. ' at Second St., near Oak. Hood Rivor, Or. Shaving ami Hair-cutting neatly done.' Satisfaction Guaranteed. OCCIDENTAL .MELANGE Books of the Kaweah Colony Show Many Discrepancies." "' ' ,i-: ? FATHER CHER0USE IS SENTENCED. The Edmunds-Tucker Law Accomplishing c ''Its : Purpose In Utah Cher Coast News. . . . M An electric road from Truckee to Lake Tahoe is talked of.- - - San Diego's street-car system is to be turned into an electric one. ,.. - V,A "' Violators of the Edmunds-Tucker law in-Vtah are on the decrease. -: -.. C. L. Blazier has been arrested at Og den, U. T., on the charge of forgery. .. The North and South railroad will "be completed to Prescott by September 1. Barber Shoo Deputy Coroner JJ' nckat Sanljttrritorieas ' King-Usaery,-"the notorious Arizona stage robber, baa been bound over at Globe ia $5,000. . v ; . -; . - The war eWip Iroquois hauled down her flag at Vallejo the other day and went out of commission, and is likely never to be used again. , : ' ; . Kid, the "notorious Apache renegade, made his appearance in the San Carlos reservation and as suddenly disappeared. The people in that section are alarmed. A letter from Alaska'contains account of several projects for the development of the'Alaskan coal mines, and it also '. says that gold mining will be actively prosecuted there this summer. , , ? The Hidden Hill, twenty-four miles southwest from Fenner, a station on the Atlantic and Pacific road, and about twenty-live miles west of Needles, is the latest big gold-mining find in Arizona. The .Klamath Indians have caught great quantities of mullet thiB season. They dry them, pile them as high as cord wood and haul them to their homes on the reservation for summer eating. Three masked men entered the rooms of two ladies at Salt Lake, who had just returned from a ball, and with pistols forced them to give up their jewels. The ladies lost something over $6,000 in dia , monds. ' ' A dispatch from Virginia, Nev., says 1 Charles Fair, a son of ex-United States ." Senator James G. Fair, has been offered the nomination as the Democratic can didate to represent the Lower House of Congress. : The books of the -Kaweah colony, which are being investigated in the em bezzlement trial at Los Angeles, show . many discrepancies and the absence of many needed vouchers to explain inti mated expenditures. Great excitement prevails among the Catholic population of British Columbia over the sentence of Father Cherouse to one year's imprisonment for ordering an Indian woman on the Ls Fontaine res ervation to be flogged. ; J .... ! The State Board of Equalization of California declines to rescind its action - in directing County" Assessors to add $15 per acre to the assessments on hop and alfalfa lands. ' These lands are to be -, classed aeparately. .f British Columbia sealers are begin ning to realize that the United States is in earnest, and they count on the British Minister of Marine to see that vessels are duly notified and not summarily dealt with as by instructions given by Secretary Tracy; f. k County Court Judge Cornwall of LIl lolet, B.'C;s has sentenced Father Cher ouse to oha year's imprisonment, Chief Kille-Poot-Kinto six months and four Indians to two months each for cruelly whipping an Indian girl, who was caught with her paramour. " I.J. Buttle of Kingsley, Wasco county, Or., reports a singularly, fatal disease ' that ha attacked young ptKS, causing the death of eight head. Tie animals swell at the knees and ankle joints, and these when opened after death exude a large quantity of yellow matter. ... , ' ' Li vely times in Northern Wyoming are predicted. The rustlers have begun their round-upe earlier than the law pro vides, and when the cattlemen come to gether to brand their Increase "it is be lieved they will find none, for the rustlers "'"' will have appropriated all that to them 3" selves. Tnn trouble will begin. CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS. Pot-pourri- of What is Transpiring ' ' at the Capital of the United J S'.aUs of America. ' ' Mr. Scott of Illinois has introduced bill to apply the same provisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission " to sleeping-car companies as are now ap plied to railroad and steamship com panics. On Senator Mitchell's recommenda tion the Postofnce Department has is sued an order authorizing a contract with E. Wigle to carry the mails from Pnneville by Desert and Haystack to Warm Springs, Or., and back twice a week from July 1. , " . . . . The river and harbor bill as it the House carried an appropriation in round numbers of J21.3u0.000. In addi tion the Secretary of War is authorized to contract for the completion of impor tant projects involving an ultimate ex penditure of about $28,000,000. K ;" No agreement has as yet been reached between the Washington Senators as to the course to be pursued on the Puyal lup reservation bill. Senator Allen is very anxious that the Senators shall stand together in support of his bill and in opposition to that reported by the Indian. Committee. . No time -has been set for consideration of the bill. .-. . The bill to exclude political influence from the appointment of the - 61,000 fourth-class postmasters in the country was agreed upon at a meeting of the House Committee on Civil Service Re form recently. The bill provides for a division of the country into postal dis tricts, and that where vacancies occur open competition shall be announced by the . Postomce inspectors,, who shall recommend the best' man to the Post master-General, after receiving the ap plications and examining the facts. Representative Hermann has been trying to secure a larger appropriation for the Siuslaw river, which in the river and harbor bill is for $10,000. No. amount of pleading by him in the House would induce it betore, and it was only in deference to his earnest work that the small appropriation was allowed. The committee held that the commerce did not warrant a larger appropriation. A bill was reported to the Senate the other day as a substitute for' a number of bills, making the act to settle -certain accounts between the United States and State of Mississippi apply to other States, so that Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, Ne braska, JNevada, Uoiorado, south Dakota,., Washington, Montana, ldaho"and Wy oming shall receive 5 per cent, of the sales oi public land in their respective Indian bill, prepared by Senator Allen, has been given to a member of the In dian Committee to be placed before the Senate. Senator Allen says there is onlv one way to deal with the Indians, and that is by refusing to consult with them as to the disposition of their reser vations, and that so long as they are wards of tbegovernmentthegovernment should deal with, them, not as if the tribes were nations,iJ)ut as its proteges. Representative Wilsbn has been inter-, viewing various members of the Senate Indian Committee in relation to the Col' ville bill. There is a disposition on the part of the Senate Committee to amend the bill by refusing to Bend the treaty back to the Indians for ratification. Some of the members of the committee declare that the. treaty is all right as it stands, and it is poor policy on the part of this government to treat with the In dians upon subjects which are for their own interests and of which the govern ment and Congress are the beat judges. So it may be that the reservation will be opened by a simple act of Congress, ' Representative Wilson has offered an amendent to the sundry civil bill, in creasing tt e appropriation for the Gray's Harbor lighthouse irom the $15,000 previously appropriated to $75,000. This was ruled out of order as new legisla tion, although one of the members of the Appropriation Committee stated that the objection to the amendment was that it "raised the limit." Wilson' re torted he understood the language. Al though the amendment was defeated, Wilson had read and printed in the Record the memorials of other docu ments, showing , the logs bf life and property which had resulted because the lighthouse had not been established. The provision is covered in an omnibus bill,- which is now i pending in both Houses. . f-; i ; ' - , t i ; ; :. ( The Committee on Naval Affairs baa reported to the Senate with a favorable recommendation the bill providing that any naval officer now on the retired list, who has been retired after serving forty years or on attaining the age of 63 years, shall receive the rank and pay of Com modore, provided he had served -creditably the full term of four years as chief of a bureau in the Navy Department. The committee also reported favorably a bill amending the revised statutes so as to provide that any ordinary seaman, landsman, fireman, coalheaver or bay, who has been honorably discharged and and Bhall re-enlist for four yearB within three months, shall be entitled to pay for the three months, provided the men enlisting for continuous service must be effective and able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 35 years at the time of enlistment, but the age of limitation ia not applicable to persons re-enlisting. The bill also provides that enlisted men of the navy or marine corps, who have Berved thirty years, may be' placed on the retired list and receive 75 per cent, of their pay and allowances. War serv ice is to be computed as double time in computing thirty years. The President is given discretion to permit enlisted men to the navy or marine corps to pur chase their discharge, and pensioners who are inmates of the soldiers' homes are allowed to have their pensions paid to their wives, children or parents. Aliens who have served in the army or navy by the bill are entitled to citizen shin without previous declaration. BEYOND THE ROCKIES. The International Association of Machinists in Session. THE PHILADELPHIA LIQUOR LICENSE. Small Chicago Packers Combine Against ' Armour, Swift and Morris A Gigantic Deal. : ; . ' 8ugar refiners threaten to move to Europe if the bounty is withdrawn. The wall-paper manufacturers have formed a combination with a capital of $20,000,000. - - - The receipts of the actors' fair at New Xortc were $2 JO.UIXV three-quarters oi which is clear profit, v 1 There are rumors of an attempt on the part of the Reading railroad to weed out all labor organizations. ; ; j , The National Cash Register Company has obtained decrees inits favor against infringements of patents. The 'small packers of Chicago have combined, the better to carry on their nght with Armour, Swat and Morris. , . Webb City, Mo., proposes to get ahead of all the world in being the first town to pipe natural gas direct to a smelter. . Philadelphia has just deposited $1,- 720,330 in the treasury on account of liquor-license fees for the current year. Levees on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi river below Greenville, Miss., have broken, and the water has covered a large area. --. , . ' i . The Massachusetts House has passed a bill providing a penalty of $100 for in timidating laborers either by employers or employes. - ; . A. C. Bronson. agent for a Bchool-book publishing company has been: arrested at Chattanooga, Tenn., for bribing School Commissioners. A union of the People's party and the Prohibitionists is proposed, and a con ference with that object is to be held in Cincinnati on June 26,. Measures are beiner taken at Washinif- bn to better protect the whites, as well as the Indians, in Alaska from violations of the liquor law by 8aloonmen.:;"---t.- Ferdinand Ward has disappeared from Putnam, Conn., leaving his boy with friend., and it is thought he will seek employment where he is unknown. Army engineers under the direction of General Miles are preparing a map of the country's coast defenses, showing the location of the navies of the world. The House Committee on Commerce will grant hearings to Boards of Trade and counsel for railroads on the bills providing for the use Of uniform bills of lading on May 31, . , ; Cincinnati evening papers report a gi gantic deal by which an English syndi cate obtains control of the Bourbon whisky distilleries in Kentucky at a cost of over $10,000,000. ' . The Mississippi river is so high at New Orleans that strong windB dash the wa ter over the top of the levees. The rise in the upper valley gives much cause for alarm at all points above New Orleans. It is estimated that the State of Ver mont is $1,000,000 better off because of its recently adopted policv of liberally advertising its many attractions and re sources for permanent and summer resi dents. . It is estimated by the agents of the steamship companies that more' than 100,000 Americans will viait Europe this vear, and that at least six times as many Europeans will come to the United States. It is reported that a movement will be made with excellent financial backing to obtain a charter from the preaent Legis lature tor an elevated road with accom panying - tunnel through the heart of Boston. .! , The authorities of Newark, N. J., have refused to accept a new water supply provided under contract by a company at a cost of nearly $4,000,000. It is claimed the work is not completed ac cording to contract. 1 It is said that the enforcement of the Missouri law which provides that ne groes convicted of vagrancy shall be sold for a stated period is having a whole some effect, there being fewer vagrants in the State than ever before. Senator Teller has introduced a bill granting the Yuma Pumping and Irriga tion Company the right of way for a ca nal across the Yuma depot (quartermas ter's reservation. It was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. The Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Camden, Pa., has been seized on an ex ecution . held by the pastor, Rev. J. D. Allansburg, for $3,728 for moneys ad vanced by him to run the church. The property ris said to be worth $22,000. Duluth, Minn., has interested English capital in her development, and has made arrangements for great railroad terminal facilities and - new monster docks.' The overflow in Iowa and IllinoU4&hington reporter that he has caused bv excessive rains, has done much damage, but the waters are falling? and the injury will not be as great as at first represented. The International Association of Ma chinists in convention at New York has refused after a lively debate to strike from the constitution the clause limiting the member ship to white - men. The Southern delegates unanimously opposed any change, and enough Northern dele gates voted with them to overwhelming ly bar out any colored men. THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Baron de Jenne's Valuable Collection ., .of Prehistoric Relic3 to be' - .Secure Etc. A Racine (Wis.) firm is planning to have a'complete tannery plant in opera tion at the exposition. Chauncey M. Depew has been elected President of the New York World's Fair Board. Commissioner Gorton W. Allen is Vice-President. It is reported that 100 tons of exhibits for the exposition have already been col lected and are awaiting shipment at Lima and Callao. . , . . - . The steamship lines covering the west coast of South America have agreed to carry government exhibits at nan price as far as Panama. Passenger rates have been greatly reduced. - A monster panorama, 445 feet long and 51 feet high, representing the Bernese Alps with the Junglrau in the back ground, has been painted for exhibition at the fair. A private exhibition of the work was recently given to the press in Berlin.'. ; '!-.- Baron de Jenne's valuable collection of prehistoric relics, it is believed, will be secured for exhibition at the fair. ' It comprises many rare upecimens from caves in France. De Maret, who made the collection, spent twenty-five years in thework. r, ;-"- 1 .... ''v; -; The lofty stone monolith, which Wis consin will exhibit at the fair, will re main at Jackson park permanently, the Park Commissioners having given their consent. The monolith is 107 feet high and cut from a solid block of stone. The contract for its erection has already been let. ' .-, .- - V .- " An effort is being made to collect $25, 000, with which to build at the exposi tion a , headquarters for the . Sunday schools of the United States. The scheme contemplates asking each school to con tribute an amount equal to 10 cents for each'ofneer and teacher and 1 cent for each pupil. . , Karl Hagenbeck, famous for his ability in taming wild animals, is devoting his time in Hamburg to a group of lions, tigers, jaguars and hyenas that he ex pects to bring to the fair. This group consists of fifty animals, all to be kept in one big cage. Hagenbeck has already spent a fortune on the group, . - The contract for the erection of the Texas building has been let to a Waco contractor for $100,000. The building will be in Spanish renaissance style, will measure 85x250 feet, and will have four towers. ..The exte.rior.willbe,-covered with staff and rendered very ornamental. The interior will be handsomely finished with native Texas woods. President Diaz has recommended to the Mexican Congress that October 12 of this year be made a national holiday in commemoration of the landing of Co lumbus in the new world. He says in his message that the, work of collecting the Mexican exhibit is progressing rap idly, and that a display of Mexican troops will be made at the dedicatory exercises. . , The women of North Carolina are or ganizing throughout the State for the purpose of raising $10,000 with which to erect that State's building at the exposi tion. The building will be a reproduc tion of the "Tryon Palace," a celebrated structure which was the home of the Governors in colonial days. The women also contemplate placing in the woman's building a memorial of Virginia Dare, claimed to be the first white female child born in America, thus emphasizing the fact that the first American woman was born on North Carolina soil. s ' The scene which the exposition grounds now afford,' with most of the buildings nearing completion and the construction being pushed forward by more than 6,000 workmen, is accounted so interesting and wonderful that from 1,000 to 5,000 visitors a day willingly pay the admission fee of 25 cents to witness it. Before the abolition of the free-pass svstem the visitors' often numbered as high as 15,000 or 20,000. The company work of construction was interfered with, so, that it was thought best to charge an admission and thus diminish the size of the crowd of sightseers and at the same time add to the financial re sources of the exposition. . , PURELY PERSONAL. Literature Relating to Ancient Myths Occupies Exclusive Atten-- ' tioa of Ing-ersoll. '"-.. , Baring Gould, the well-known novel ist, is 59 years old. He belongs to an old Devonshire family. ,' Dr.'S. Weir Mitchell, the Philadelphia specialist and author, is said to be one of the foremost living authorities on the subject of Bnake poisons. - : . David D. Wells, son of the distin guished free trader of Norwich, Conn., i is a junior in uurvuru. iiu uas written a play that is about to be brought out at 1 Cambridge. . On the occasion of the golden wedding of the King and Queen of Denmark the Empress of Russia will present her fa ther, King Christian, with six white horses, all of pure Ara,b race, (fifr Colonel Robert G.JngersolT.tells i not readjLJiWF'aperiflr three months. The titeratufeiwhich'Jhag occupied his exclu sive attention all this time relates to an cient myths. - ' ' In the days of the Crimean war Colo nel Vaughah was one of the bravest and coolest men that England placed in the trenches, and showed true grit and cour age in the face of a tireless foe as well as brave endurance in a starving service. He is now Archbishop of Westminster and successor to the late Cardinal Man-ning. FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS Six Jews and Jewesses Convicted , of infanticide in Russia. . GOLDEN ROSE OF VIRTUE BESTOWED. The Obtinacy of Certain Il'gher Members of the French Hierarchy Dis. ""' ' pleases the Pope. ' The report is now thaEmin Pasha is totally blind. . , The Pope wants no pilgrimages from France at present. ' - Locusts have destroved the crops in" a large section of South" Africa. A violent form of influenza ' has been added to the other miseries of Russia. : To Signor Giolotti has been given the task of forming a new Italian Ministry. Prince George is to receive the honor-' ary title of Commander-in-chief of the British navy. . i , According to a distinguished London law firm the case of Mrs. May brick can not be reopened. The Turkish government has forbidden the importation of all patent medicines into that country. . , ; Of the 182 daily newspapers in the United Kingdom not one at present is sues a Sunday edition. . y .i The defalcitions of the cashier of the Hongkong-Shanghai banking corpora tion amounts to $1,200,000. Another great dock strike ia threatened at London on the question of the pay ment for time consumed at meals.- " : The tradesmen in Rome, Naples, Ge noa and other cities in Italy are embar rassed by the scarcity of metallic money. The Chamber of Commerce of Man chester, England, by a vote of 164 to 156 has declared itself in favor of bimetal lism. A syndicate of British capitalists is preparing to send an expedition to ex plore the coast of Patagonia for min erals, . : . .. . Of all the m on arch s dead and alive the Kaiser is undoubtedly the most gen erous in the distribution of autotrranh i i i i - j - 1 English insurance companies say their business in the United States in 1891 was worse than with the rest of, the world put together.' : ; ",' It is said that the French are making steady preparation in Algeria to extend their dominion southward over the no mads of the Sahara... ... The plague of field mice which has for some time past been devastating the ag ricultural diatricts of Thessaly continues as destructive as ever. Among the signs of returning pros perity in Ireland maybe noted the at tention which is being paid to improved hotel accommodation. Official news received in .Constantino ple from Yemen, Arabia, states that a renewal of the Arab disturbances in that province is imminent. . ; . '" -' '' v Wrl ing on the relative conditions of workingmen in Paris and London, a Paris correspondent says the former are far worse off than the latter. ' , , - In Brazil it is said President Peixotto and the whole military government will resign and a new government from civil life will be chosen by election. . v The debts of the Borghesa family in Rome are stimated at 37.000.000 lire. This necessitates the sale of all the art treasures and other properties. ' Negotiations with Austria for the es tablishment to a limited extent of recip rocal trade relations are said to have reached a favorable termination. ; What is claimed to be biggest port wine sale ever known in England is ar ranged to take place next month, when 12,000,000 bottles will be offered. It is Rtfl.ted that, thn l-innnl Dtinnal ma neuvers of the British fleet will take p.uvv vuiu t au uuutD n avtzt af aim mere will probably be a review at Spithead.in June. - Soup kitchens have been opened in several of the colliery villages in the Durham district; England, where the miners are on a strike, and children are receiving free breakfasts. Several arrests of Anarchists in Mons and Liege, Belgium, have taken place, and many bombs were captured. A for midable conspiracy at Liege is said to have been uncovered. ,. The winnings made by Baron Hirseh on the turf last year, amounting to 7, 000, have all been sent to hospitals and institutions of a similar philanthropic nature. ' . .. . ' The obstinacy of certain higher mem bers of the French hierarchy in antag onizing the Republic has so displeased the Pope that lie has addressed another letter to the French Cardinals, enjoining in positive language that they .must not deviateJrom his acwbleolicy toward the present government of France as al ready outlined. . .' .'.,:."'?.., The recipient of the golden rose of virtue, the most-coveted present that - is mode by the Pope, this year is Queen Amalia of Portugal. The jewel is valued at 50,000 francs, and the jeweler received 8,000 francs for the workmanship alone. The stem of the rose is of massive gold, most five feet in length. The calyx is made of fine stones of great value, and the leaves are ornamented also with jewels and contain the name of the Pope and the name and title m of the Queen, upon whom it was conferred. COMFORTABLE HAWAIIAN LF.PERS. 6reat Improvement In tlio Condition of . the Outcast Sufferers. ' i The report of Mr. Meyers gives min ute statistics of the leper settlement. It appears that the total 'population is 1,457, Of whom 1,159 are lepers, "ko kuas'.' or helpers 186, children not lep ers 40, original inhabitants 57; and 15 others, occupying various positions of trust or service. Of these 6 are Sisters of Charity,: 2 Catholic priests, , 1 Prot estant pastor, . etc. -There is at last a competent resident . manager, Mr. Evans. Mr. Meyers differs in his table of the percentage of, deaths with that of. 'the president of the board.:-He makes it 25.32 in place of 37.20. ' The statistics of lepers differs also to a con siderable. number.1 He justly calls at tention to the nuisance of dogs, as weU as that of horses, of which there are 786. Some lepers own from five to fif teen of them,' to this damage of the general property.' It is suggested that the number be decreased to one horse for each family, which certainly ap pears ample. ' ' '''" ' The government owns 196 buildings, many 6f which have been erected dur ing the last biennial period, and the settlement is now well equipped in that respect. Lepers have built and own over 235 houses. The spiritual needs ' of the people appear to be pretty well provided for in two Roman Catholic, two ; Protestant and two Mormon churches. There are also two prisons. , An ample supply of pure water is ob' tained by a well constructed system of water works" also put in during the , last two years. Each patient Is sup plied with a 10 order on the storti each year, ' besides ample weekly rations.. These comprise the following articles : Rice, flour, bread, pol, "sweet potatoes, sugar, beef (sometimes mutton), salm on, oil, soap, ' matches kals flour,' fish, salt, firewood. Thi;. average num ber of those who receive rations has been 1,036.8. -.'-; The cost per capitr A Is o-nt 83.42. The twenty-eight rhinese lepe live up to their nature ftnd drive a profita ble business in ca:-kes. etc. The peopje at the settlement f PPear to have jnoney, and actually b136 nt away 1)43 dur ing the pas two vear One of, the features of encouragement; ,m ,mciasing confidence Of the Hawanans, who not only are' off ering less resistance to the authorities, but many lepers, not suspected,-; have voluntarily surrendered themselves. Hawaiian Gazette. 1 : Born Blindness Preventable, --v - , Statistics taken from the . reports of Fuchs, Magnas, Howe and , the com-", mittee of the Ophthahnological Society of the United Kingdom show that, at least 30 per cent, of all blindness in Europe and in this country is caused' by preventable disease at birth. t,. The . census of 1880 gives a totaif'of about 50,000 blind in the United "States. 'Of these at least 15,000 have been blind from' birth. And yet this disease is wen nigh absolutely preventable, and in its incipiency easily curable. " - This statement is borne out by facts,' as win be seen by reference to tho re- ' ports of the large lying in hospitals, where the methods of prevention have been in operation. ; After these means were put in operation there was prac ticaHy an entire-disappearance of the diseased ' The method consists in wip ing the face and lids clean and dry 1m-: mediately after the umbilical cord is tied. - The lids are then opened and one Or two cirops of a 2 per cent, solu- , tion of nitrate of silver are instilled. Except in premature children there action from this . treatment is very . slight. Hall's Journal of Health. ' The Woman Wlio Stays Too Long- If the. reckless waster of time were the oily sufferer for her thoughtless ness there would be a certain sense of satisfaction in contemplating the retri bution. But when she lingers at her friend's threshold to make a few closing remarks on an already exhausted or a ' fruitless theme while the busy house wife sniffs the odor of burning cake, or hears the clock striking the hour of a now impossible engagement; her action becomes to a degree criminal. Harper's Bazar. . ,.:-' - ' - : . - ' i ,'. ' : 'a "Wind Flower." " . A flower has been discovered in, South America which is only , visible when the wind blows. The shrub belongs to the cactus family and is about three feet high. . -The stem is covered with dead, warty looking lumps in calm weather. . These lumps, however, need but a slight breeze to make them unfold large flowers of a creamy white, which close and appear as dead as soon as the wind ' subsides. St. Louis Republic ; ' : Public Botanical Instruction. t v An admirable provision has been made by the magistracy of Breslau, which will tend iii more ways than one to the improvement of the pupils in tho public schools. A botanical school gar den has been instituted for the regular supply of plants to the schools of the place and for enabling teachers to make observations on the spot with their pupils. New York Telegram, ' ,''