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THURLOW S CARTER, Edit", ami Manager A Family Newa|>epr>r For tbe IjfrmaAtloo of ibe rillllhial. Bin 1 a 1 Agricultural ami Commercial ft.AO a Year. Payable in Adranoe. SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. A; * V '^ESTABLISHED 1842. Tl Is said that the people or Ne>? Orleana, La., maintain the most independent attitude toward the dictates of fashion of any city in the land. Libouohere, of London Truth, acidly ? (observes that' "the British House of y {Lords, it must be remembered, has only | survived thus far because the majority of * I its members have sufficient sense never H to show ' their faces, much less to let | their voices be heard, at Westminister." (l u ? , i i ne uanauian a.rem tecc sousioiy sug- M gests that in building brick houses in positions where they are not protoctod by surrounding property, not to forget that ^ hollow walls will add groatly to the convenience of the occupiers. They will v render the house cooler in summer and warmer in the winter, nnd will assist in n materially keeping the house dry. Tuo oost of hollow walls is only very little higher than that of wallR built solitL t | Another steamship lino is arra 1g ng to ^ put two 10,000-ton steamers undtr the American Hag. Tue vessels will bo built ,nt Newport Nows, Va., and will ply bojtweeu Liverpool ami Now Orloans. The < now liners, it u expected, will be the inucleus of a full fleet of American f steamers rivaling in speed and beauty the fastest afloat. "Evidently the prospects of the American flag reappearing on theocoan are brightening," exclaim* the bau Franciscc Chronicle. - - " E The other day two Chinese damsels I invaded the Francisco Chronicle ^ building. . They rode up and down the elevator, visitiny the different floors, F [opening the doors of several oflices, apparently for no other purpose than to 'see what was inside, meanwhile all the time jabbering and laughing as if they i were very much amused. When asked who they were looking for one of thorn answered: "We no look for anybody ? we all tho aamo slumming." " * j V. II. Hurt, of Baginaw, Mich., lias r suddenly become wealthy On an ttn- v earned increment. Borne yoarH ago ho * bought a tract of timber!an l in St. Louis n County, Minnesota, and recently dis- n corered that forty acres of tho trsct if '' tiorercd with an imraenso and Tory t!ch *, deposit of iron oro. Tboro are aaid to be r] 10,000,000 tons in sight, and it is so ac- h tessiblo that it can l>e ta\cn out with a steam shorcl.' Ho has leased the mining a rights at rates that will fetch hint fe300#- w 000 year. * Pays the Detroit Free Press' "Silver f may l?o cheap?say eighty-three cents an ounce?tiut its production is much iheaper. Iu the three most prominent u mines at Craede, Col., silver^has been J, produced at twenty-fire cents an ounce, p ?nu me proms iroiti mere inreo minus v ast year were $1,000,000 on a $200,000 c n vestment. Two Creodo mines can pro- jj luce 8,000,000 ounce* per annum. A v nine at Aspen has been turning out 2,- t (00,000 ounces per annum, at a cost, it ' n said, of loss than fourteen coots nor ? >unoe." < * t The stories of the inisusod oyster I * Iredgers of the Chcsupt-u'to have excited 1 ride sympathy, and a number of influ- * mtial societies in Baltimore .lavein mind ?, i headquarters where complaints can be ' odged by the uufortunato and invest!- | fation made and prosecution conducted | >y this headquarter.* against *.ho wretches vho deceive and abuse the men they thip. In most cases, declares the Chicago ierald, the victims of tlveso outrages are oo poor to prosecute tlie offenders, but .bo proposed plan will obviate this difitoaltjr and insure a deserved punishnenU^ rwence is presstr** relentlessly on tno eels of the microbe, notes the Ohicago lews Kecord: The latest method ot oping with this* minute but potent ource of disoaso is to literal I y cast it ut of the abiding place in which it ha* (stalled itself. Mieroorginis m cooiln substanoes for the most part heavier hAn water, and this fact has led to the 'froduotion of a method of separating i*m from water, milk and otheV liquids f centrifugal force. A speed of about 000 revolutions a minute servos to clear large number of microbes from the quid and render it limpid." %I L. Vi II. _ nu ncn xom ncwii pmiMnpniZAt c hna: la the United State* wo have no J Elinjjf army worth mentioning, but we t what might ho called a moving t j that we oan point to with pride. f t la the army of railroad employee, ' umbering 784,000. Tho fruita of their ? ltelligeoce and labor are aecn in happy ? omea, contributing to the comfort of unities that would probably aggregate f ,000,000 people at Icaat. Thia is an I iinerican ariny. In.leal of flaunting 1 reapona of dextruction it uses tnc.tns for t he enrichment of tho country. luatead < f b?ing an enc .imbrance upou the honeat I iduatry of the Nation it U adding norraoualy to the National weilti. | iurope may have ita standing armies ? ae moving kind is more in conaoovicj iflth tho Amino ?n spirit. &KNT1MKNT AND HUMOR, ?<%The CoiirllDg Stick. |In the early New England days there wan 1 in<?i*t hmui>s ? largo assembly-room. and here tho fnniilv and *11 llio guests and chance allers g .thered on winter night* about the lacing flto-logs. For tii>> convenience of oting lovers, fi r there was no "next room," oiirting-nticka wore used; that in, long woodn tubes that could convey from lip to oar weet and secret whispers.) unnliino bathon in a golden tido Tumbled treasure* of satin and laoo ; randmother'ft chest stands open wrido ; Over it bendft a blossoming f.ic?. [ere i? her girdle of sylph-like apan, Ktomacher studded with jet and pearls, ay little shoes that the dance began? Grandmother wa* a rose of giils ! largery's curious eyes are blight, Margery's fingers are deft to suit ; r'hat does she bare to the wondenng light? A silent reed ??or a sto, less fluto ? randmother reaches a faded Inind, Never a word do her old lips say ; lose to her ear the hollow wand She holds, with her dim eyes far away. ainter. more vague to the dulling sense, Margery's laugh with its silverv flow! I'hat is it hearkens, alert, intense, To tones of seventy years ago? Darling, I love you!" "Oh share, dear eyes, Glances the broidery cannot alias!" Whisper! I hear, though a breath replies!" "No o-io is looking sweetheart, one kiss!" teepoth a flush to li*r withered cheek. Murmurs her voice hk" a dreaming shell: Love, 1 am here! Cinst thou hear ino speak? Laving or dyiug. I love thee well!" Irandmother's hair is white as snow ? Brown tho curl< w hich tho g asses bide; lent her form with its burden slow? A shattered pine tree?her lover dlod largery, read the riddle plain! Kloepoth the lighter, or lif? or death? 're?r at love's call, to their tryst again Flying on wings of an echoed breath! -[Mary A. P. titan-bury, in New F.ngland Magazine. THE MAIDENS' REDOUBT. A moat interestinn ceremony has just nken nlilf'B of Vi<il main tussian fortress on tin- Black Sea. This ran neither more nor less t'lan the unfiling of an obelisk on the verv spot rhere, thirty seven vcais before, during lie crisis of the Crimean Wari tho wolen of Scbastopol, answering the appeal f the gallant old sailor, Admiral Koriloff, assembled en masse to join in the lefense of their native city. It was an setublairii thai fcwuv tin ank or social station, comprising tho aughter of the hoyard and the child of tho umblest citizen, who cheerfully joined a the sacred task of preserving their earths ami homes from the grasp of an lien foe. These heroic women erected rith their own hands what was known s the Maidens' Redoubt, a fortification rhich performed most effective work in fainting the besieging armies and sueceded in inflicting serious damage upon hem. The picturesque and touching cere uwuv uinai uic *mri nirtM iumi ill {car Admiral Narbutt, commander of he Fleet at 8clmstopol, and of the Govrnor of the city. Admiral Narbutt, rho is also a member of the hoard of the Clebiated Military an<l Naval Museum, irst suggested fh? '^cn ?' erecting the [tentorial, and when the matter was fa orahly decided, the necessary preparaions were entrusted to him to he carried in under the uuspicea of the Museum. The monument itself is of dark Crinean granite. In design it is a fine ihcliiHt. I'pon one aide of the baso is he following inscription: "Here was ituatcd Scbastopol's Maidens' Ite?iouht," fclow this arc the words: " This earthvork was thrown up by the women of he city in IRftl." The obelisk faces tha chool built hy General MenkofT, In nemory of the siege, and devoted to the duration of the children of Behastopol's lefcnders. Attached to tho school is a fnmc for Aged Soldiers. The great hall of the MenkofT School vas |>repared for the reception of tho ihildren, mostly grandchildren of tha vomen who buijt the redoubt. A great ioncoursc filled the immense chamber to icar the Metropolitan, who, with a num? >er of assistant churchmen, was present 0 deliver an oration and pronounce tha tenedictioit. Hy the timn tha service vas well under way the accnc tiecam* mpressivcly interesting, the large nun>er of young persons dressed in holiday ;arb listening reverently to the words of he distinguished cleric who stood upon 1 dais rol>ed in the rich and picturesque restnients of the Greek Church, while rear him were grouped the more prorailent lav members of the Committee of Irrangeinents. Following the Metropolitan's oration ame the singing of the memorial hymn n which several hundred juvenile voice* oincd and many persons were moved to ears as the children sang what was eally a p?ean of praise to the heroines of ha sierre Msnv of the l?t t*>r u?r? />?. tftlly present; other*?not a few?had luccumbed to the hand of time. The general proceeding* which marked he unveiling of the memorial were in he nature of a giU celebration. The thihlren of the town marched in procea lion, dressed in white and bearing ranches of laurel. The entire garrison urned out with handa and banner*; here waa a church parade, the priesta banting a memorial hymn, and the iroudeat and higheat of the citizen* narchcd in line on foot. Bebastopol, in hort, waa en fete and for aeveral days rave herself up to feasting and rejoicing. Ho one present remembered anything quailing the celebration in apontaneoua inthusiaam and unanimity of aentiment. )ut it ia only fair to add that the object taelf waa one well calculated to arouae he deepest patriotic feeling. It. waa a rlbiite to Ituaaian womanhood and incilentally a tribute to the womanhood of ;he world. The tale of the long siege of Hehasto >ol by the allied armies of France and England, and which furnished the orsalon for thia display of female heroism a a wonderful chapter of history. In laptemlter, 1HM, the allies were march ng on Hebastopol from the European iae, flush# f with the victory they had ' ? gained on the heights of Alma. On the Or other hand, the defeated Russian army, jtr "ill-armed, ill-commanded and ill maneu. Jtii eered," was in fall retreat, also having |jn Sebastopel for its objective point, intend [ ing to there rally and decide the issue ol |h? the Crimean war. The great fortress Ivi was in a precarious condition seeing that Jit Prince Menschikofl in massinghis troopi to prior to the Alma tight had left it eery flj poorly garrisoned. th General Todleben, then a lieutenant- )e colonel of engineers, was in charge of the ?>] fortifications, and when the news came of Jfo the reverse the Russians had Sustained {to at Alma, he at once suspended the more /o elaborate work then in progress and bent ju all his energies on the task of covering ? the forts with field work in order to at sweep the ravines with musketry and la shot. The northern side of Sebastopol in most needed Todelbcn'sattention, as the ar allies were advancing from that, quarter, s| hut it was also of the first importance tt that the south side be guarded against pi< attack. pt Vice-Admiral Korniloff was in general oj command at Sebastopol, and had under a him fourteen line of battle ships and w seven frigates lying in the Roads. These )i< vessels were manned with a large naval K force, which, in case of necessity, could hi be landed to co-operate with the garri- j son. . w The retreating Russian army under C(| Menschikoff had now reached the left 'n) bank of the Belbeck, close to the city, w but the ground presented physical ob- 0j stacles rendering the position untenable, ^ so the Prince thought of occupying the ^ east of the poPt road between the Bel- w I beck mid the Trh?rn??? tin! hn"> ? failed again for the same cause. It wan |j1 therefor? finally derided to more to the south of the city and to this end the army crossed the Inkermann Causeway, while the Tarouteno regiment was dotached to increase the garrison in the 0j north fort. w Assembling his officers. Admiral Korn- rp iloff told them that the victorious allies (would probably advance on the north- w cast and force the Husrian fleet to retire. He suggested the desperate alternative j, of sailing from- 8ebastopol harbor to attack the allied fleet at Cape Lotikoul, sod if the attack proved unsuccessful, Q they were to grapple with the enemy and blow up their own vessels alongside thoso of the fo'rraer. The allied armies w would then, bereft of their naval sup- 01 port, easily perish before the Russian troops on lann and the Russian fleet be extinguished in a blaze of glory, deliver ing the country. Hut his officers did not take to Korni- * doll's plan and when the Admiral solicited the aid of MenschikofI, -the lattter re- b< .plied with an ord(gr'.#0 sink seven ships at the entrance to the Roads -to bar any bi hostile fleet. Korniloff sadly complied Svith this order, issuing instruction* ar _m r. TIM? II rictCTnest line Ol Bat lie ship, and the two oldest frigates wore ?? ,i i??? *? ? " - uiusr uriccuru ior inr wore 01 premaruro destruction and ten othero were moored io on the south side of the Roads to cover the north side with their guns when the a enemy should appear in that direction. All the other vessels except the steamers h, were placed in the South Bay then to be sunk should the fortune of war decree that the city and harbor must be yielded to the enemy. I^ate In the afternoon ol the 21st of September the orders were carrier! out. M The sad procession of the doomed vessels moved to the passage of the channel nl ni the mouth ot the Roads between the Alexander and Constantino batteries; ami w the other craft took up position along i, tho shore. The array of ships at the entrance to the channel impressed the enemy with the notion that the Russians were about to give battle, and in view of a possible nttack Korniloff deferred tho ?j landing of the artillery from the ship* about to I>e sunk, but at A p. in., the signal to carry out the order to sink the ol vessels was given by the raising of the national colors above the city. All night 0i work was necessary to effect the re f( moval of the material from the ship* j* and wondeiful activity was displayed | so that by daybreak on Sentemiier 8, ^ five ships slowly disap|>eare4l under the waves. w A pathetic occurrence marked the de struction of the Tri Sviatitelia, a line ^ of battle ship, which refused to sink at though the water poured through th# j, breaches purposely made in her timbers. At last the "nromonossetr." was directed ^ to tiro into her; the gallant sailors obeyed and watched tho operation with full f| hearts. When the water finally closed over the grand old ship, the rngged far* a, actually wept. Meanwhile Todleben had energetically pushed the fortifications on the south side of Bebastopol, covering It with field works near the Bastion du Mat. Thia battery was armed with seventeen guns. 0 All that the brave defenders accom w pUshed was done at the cost of the tl greatest self-sacrifice and most unceas c, ing toil. There was no time to construct \ anything but the earthworks,and the con victs from jails were pressed into f4 service. || The allies had arrived on September * 27, and the besieged garrison were in p hourly dread of an attack, knowing the M weak defenses would succumb in any ^ determined assault. They were, besides, * now deprived of the presence of Menschi (j kofif's army, which vacated the position h eouth of the city and |?roceeded eastward m to Baktcbiaerai. THe alliee, following q in the wake of the Rufudana, croeacd the tl point where the latter turned to the east, tl thus menacing the aouthern aide. They p alao threw up hatteriea there, forcing tha M Russian war vcaaels to leave. Thenoeition j of the baaieged waa not a measuring one, g with their comparatively amall garrison t! and weak defense* beyond which at a |] distance of aome three railea lay in- 0 trenched an invading army of 60,000 n men, rendered confident through recent ? ceaaea In the field. The voice of the brnve Korniloff had ^ been heard making a cheery call on tha 2 citizens of the leagucred town to aid in the manual labor on the defence#. The reaponae, immediate and enthuaiaatic. waa mainly notable for the noble mannei in which the women of Wcbastopol joined in it. Caatiog aaide all other considers fl tiona, remembering only the peril of their at city, deaf to all aave the calla of dnty. a tbeae undaunted emulators of the hero ft ln? of Baragoaa atood forth to dofend tha o acred toil of Fatherland. Seising pick s< and ahovel, they threw themselves into a the work wtth an energy that knew no A fatigue, laboring night and day with ai yu per human effort. Itapoee waa sought 0 a ? '^1 lljr wh,en w1s^H^V^HEi9 i Nit#, ?nd ed What a i(iuh^?3BjS|K^SMfl Rlowcairg8HHM|B^^^HnH^HM^fl lie to if, beyond tjtHnfl^^^^fl^HpjfljKj^ the lose toilers c^eK^^H^Btr*v ty-d- I In and deatho/ shell | oughed up tv.-re .Wnniy rmTng the corn|ilctio^BHH i ioi??i^.i rs tin-- j e should here WlB # i hurl his !..vr, , ,, :ainat the bulwfl|^^^H^^HEjiSMUff owing to nong these hraMM^HE^MfflHRrolw upon the exliauRtlbI?vaa>V^^^^H|^^^^BHMMP? railablc, so IhffjflHti : >&ce of time thJWWWBWwHr > completion. "^EtdriMitoplft^ in the ' ?gf. was a moss important one, con- j antly -harassing aodfobstructing ths ' if rations of the besiegers nhd acting a* < formidable dhatucle to their plans. It | as a worthy companion to trie Cromail i re battery of Btanialaffskj, to the 1 rsssofTky, and to the hear; careening i ittcriee. > .. y but not without ? heavy loss of life ( as the great work completed, for tho : sualtics among the heroines were j i nitrous. As I have said, the toilers i ere of all claeets^and the victims in | uded several ladles of rank and die notion. Maria Ivauovtm Papovna, a lughter of Majoi General" Ivan Popoff, as Willed hv s anlmt. r of " ??^?l - ?> ? J rinoess BchakovwW?yu was crippled for ' fe, a stray bullet having struck her in ' le ankle, and Augrlio Leprandi, the ' ning and WautiliU daughter of lead ' ig Russian General; tho victor of Bal- I lava, whilb acting as Wader of a gang I ! sanpera, receive'I a shell Wound from I hion she died fthi^t six months later, j hera-ftras a laurels rowu for each and t reryone, bnt in tW rase of too many It ( as laid upon an untimely grew.? < i alrriao Oribajedog, in Philadelphia J teas. . Vt'g- 1 DKKR THIN(? liKOIM.K VIRIiIKVR , Here are some df tho superstitions hicb arc still believed by thousands in | le part of the country or another; I That crystal is conWealcd ice. That elephants hu\V no joints. , That tho sun dancr? on Knster Day. That a dead man {weighs more than hen he was alive. \ , That a kingfisher \ suspended by the >ak indicates the diiisction of the wind. That a diamond is foftened or broken f goat's blood. ! 1 That a man h??.<vje rib leas than a 1 "flint tho tenflfvwavoat^** il the great- 1 t and most dangerous. That purslane \n a l>cd prevents vis- ' us. \ That a coflin nail on tho throshhold of ( chanihcr keeps nwaj phantoms. That to tread on moonwart loosens irse's shoes. That rue prevents witchcraft. That a hay leaf ?s a preservative t*inst thunder. i That a handful of 4im'ut causes ahorso . l: ?J:i- :* ?a 1? - i ? nrrjr iiib riucr iwiij |>uv uimcr wie iddlo. That docks boilr^l with the toughest ieat would make ititender. That If it rains or*St. Swith in's day it ill rain more or lels for forty succeedig days. J That when one if a family dies, the res will undergo l?me calamity if not iforincd of the d< ?ili. That some rcinoJics ought to l>e aplied throe, seven m nine times. That the seventif son of a seventh son a genfens, or thai he ran heal scrofulas persons by the touch. That the hcn<T q a malefactor exposed n the highway r nders the |>erson he >re whom it is he I unable to move if it duly prepared. That sheep she dd he shorn and pigs illed when the n >on is at the full. That peAs and leans should l?e sown hen it is on the wane. That an artery Joes from the wedding ing finger to the peart. That spirita ait detected by CAndlcs timing with a hljiish light. That a piece ofj tallow near the flame etokens death tdonc of a family. That the howljng of dogs portends a eath. That to kill 4 spider, or to kill a lake, is unlucky.'-(-[Yankee Rlado. Something Big tit Sau?ages. In former times it was the custom in lany German iowns to manufacture? tusages of enorfnous length, and oarry lem on festive Occasions in solemn nroFssion through I the streets. On New ear's Day in J.V>8 a giant sausage 108 lis in length w4s carried in triumph by >rty eight persons. But In the year 583 it took ninety-one persona to carry sausage 596 ells long and weighing 434 ounds. The chronicles of the period iys: ''The butchers'men were all neatly ttired in whita blouses. The first man pound one end of the sausage several mes round his neck with a portion of it anging dawn in front, the rest followed t equal distances carrying the trophy n their shoulders, and the last one nad be other end wound round hia nock like ae man at the head of the procession." n the year UV11 we are told that the lusag* attained a length of 1,005 ella; 80 of which Were presented to their ereoe Higlim-twa at the castle. All bis happened in Konigsherg. In 1613 ae Emperor Alttt lias regaled the Princes f the HouM Of ' Austria with a tourna lent, * whicTTlhe butchers of Vienna are a representation of a peasant's wedintr. and paraded the streets with a kusage rneaauring 990 elU. (Ouiahurgcr eitung. An Itogl* a Colt. The other morning, any* the Spring eld (Oregon) Messenger, an eagle way sen descending fn a lowering cirrU bore Kelly Hutle. When within 100 set from the ground, it swooped down n the beak of a yearling ro|t- 'The colt tarted down Che hill et a rapid ri?te, dth the eagle clinging to hU beck, ifter el) apparently enjoyable ride of bout fifty yard*, the eagle rose and Ircled up beyond the clouds. . so ACORNS, NO INDIANS! | ?? n** conditio:; teat cor?oOKTR . ? JHMI ttBOHANOO ABORIGINES. or~.~ !*t^OkrtoM Lite ot a Soqtheyn Call- ^ Tribe?A Diet of Worm*- aoiue't CWrte Bread and Queer "Hatter." Qf ^ ,,'TiT Fl?W njites from San Jacinto, . into t _ZJk. Oal., in the foothills, is the hers, ^Biege of the Perch an go In: "ash ' flians, the acorn-eating rem- lage i tanw of ? once formidable tribo. They tribo l^rrtt ijpoyths edge of the Mojave Des- alone ft, wad when pursued by settlers for medic toallpg Qtocfc. they would escape by rid- whict atiWOv\reds cf miles out Into the btirn- puritj Off sands, where the pclc-faos could not of th? iwK$RHfc > -Tn, if the settler's rifle and the/ Mission a verj thurch! The few that are left are styled A tigl 'ercbango Indians. Perchango Canyon au<l t rpens out into the Porois Valley, a heato< iretty and fruitful rale, luxuriantly aroun haded with live oak and acorn trees. them, rhose latter afford tho Indians their filled taff of life; but it lias been rather closo mako licking the past season, and the braves f an et >C the littlo village at tho mouth of tho P" isnyon are seriously considering the tures >olicy of L.rning thoir brush wigwams ,villag ind emigrating to where acorns are more an(' plentiful. - arrow Tho chief puts it this vray: "No more < tcorns; no more Indians?Indian must j,urn {o.? At this juncture ho pointed over noXf f he mountain range, meaning that acorns ^ ^ vere plentiful there. He meant to l>o ^ j,, inderstood that for throe sncccssivo sea ions the aeoru crop had been almost a otal failuio in this valley, hut that it lad been bountiful during tho same sea- ^ ^ ions on the coast range. It always ha|?- i,llSK,.| pened that whon the acorn crop was iparso in the valleys it was bountiful on IcI the coast range and tho reverse. Ho c 1,1 sould not account for it, but pointod ouo* toward the Great Father. His parchment Pic looking face was the picturo of disap- popnl pointment. "No acorns, no more In- scrted liansl" ho said in the most woeful inau- Wi uiftu ( Tbo "cache" is a basket twelvo feet new n In height by three feet in diameter, rest- No log on poles three feet in hoight. This arc to prevents the dampness of the earth from They rotting the aoorns, and is also a safe- i,, guard against the raids of prodatory ani- *tnnt: male. The -sides of theso baskets are (ru/,M formed of bushes interlaced with pine boughs inverted, the noodles of which . ' bar out predatory squirrels and also .,u.? conduct the rain downward on the out- c'ami lido. The {oof is of pino bark, water- Hoi tight- .The aoorns are stored in these f<?ud oma, or t.. l0 ^ JlJV ^.youe; the woodpecker stores away aCorns for other days in tbo holes which he drills Great in the trees. Between grunts, the chief as cai declared that the acorn crop had been ^y "no good" the past season, but "good ?aU, . yonder," pointing to the coast range. JjH. j Strango enough, it invariably happons c},j|,i that when the crop is good in tho valleys it is correspondingly bad on tho coast range, and the roverso. Why this 1 is no one scorns to know. Tho Indiaus cannot account for it, hot they know oe that it never fails and this aocouuts for Tin their migration and return. " a 1 Theso lazy braves do not liko work. eight It is a failing with all hravos; cvon somo joint of the palefaces have it. Tho young An women dig tho roots and herbs and tablis gather the acorns in small baskets and man < prepare tho moals. Tho children are and k also made to work, such as to gather luout brush for Ores and storing acorns. Acorns Co are made into "corn" bread. If the for tl acorns are wormcatea so much tho it hit better. A woman takes a "lapful" chim of acorns and seats herself on tho mg 1 ground near a rock. Each acorn is ,y place 1 on end upon tho rock. It is | struck on the tip enU witu a smooth pcb- iIH(.ri ble, which opens tho acorn, separating m,t . the hull from the kornel. Tho acorns H |lt( are spread upon the rock to dry, after which tho woman mashes tho acorns into . n moil in a stone mortar about tho sizo of '\\ \ a wash basin, using a pestle of rock, ' " something like that used by druggists in w'1. K mixing compounds for the disorganize- r'" lion of tho stomach of the paleface. While the squaws are thus preparing for ., *' the frugal meal the bucks have built a air* fire amid some ro;ks, which are mado a ' " white heat. Tho meal is poured into a ty-sei water-tight basket about half tilled with Rtr n water. The white-heated rocks are ' dropped into the baskot. There is a sizztng and bubbling and spluttering and 'licr' the consistency is stirred with a stick un- worlt til it is oooked into a mushy paste or gruel. The water is not permitted to genoi boil, as that would cook tho bread too Un quickly. A bole is then scooped into mucl the lied of a little stream, tho cake is put augu in and then covered with sand and pel)- game bios. The water is then turned over it parti again for a few hoars. Tho water perco- piles latos through the aand and thus removes for a the tannin, or bitter taste, from the for t acorn bread. Little grains of sand to b adhere to the bread, but tho Indian has good digestive organs. The butter used for this bread is rather crude, and perhaps gave rise to the manufacture of oleomargarine. roai When a foam forms on tho banks of the ""J" creeks and in the "dead eddies" of a whirlpool it is covered with flics and fami other inseots which mal(e it thick witii 'n " ..a tk. ....I /.Kit_ nnnt mi t rv *uu pupwi * uv ntnuvu vwn dren, with baskets and scoops, skim oil l,rm this scum of dead sod living insects, wu' wash awaj the foam in fresh water aqd at*'n with the larvm and pupvs thoy haan *uo? fresh butter." They hare another " ^ brand of butter made from gtau- on ( hoppers. This is consderol extra l>0*c la catching the feitire grass- K*1" hopper the women and children form into ** ' a line and with brushes beat about the bushes, driving the grasshoppers before ' them into a wide, shallow ditch or a dry j river bed or open spot. The hoppers are ' flayed alive, or to their desth, with tho no'1' brushes, and than threadod on strings Mt" and Aied away for future use, as in the green state they are too rich for the Indian's turgid blood. Sometimes the grass is set on fire, and then the Kr***hom-er jumps for life, only to be flayed and stringed if he jump* out of the Are. ^ Hion that axa cremated in the grass Ore -rea iten on thospot bj way of Tunrthcon. ng the grasshopper is a held day the Indiana* other form of bread is made from ary corn. Tin kernels aro placed bowl whioh: has been chipped in a and the woman kneads the dough, ,hing after the old fasluoue 1 style > pale faces. The dough is made hin cakes nnd is cooked in the emsomething after the style of tho cake" of the negro. In this vit- t a the usual old woman, which every or remnant of a tribe lias, and who ppssossoa the aeciets of devising aCed decoctions of tho various herbs y are very effective in their original i; and from these the quack doctors i long haired variety have accuuiufortunea. * , . ' .1 9 "old woman doctor" administers f effectivo "Turkish" bath for chills, lit inclosure is made of deerskin, ihe uatient is laid in the center. 1 stones are brought in and piled d him Rnd water is poured upon The air tight inclosure is soon with vapor, and the "doctor" can it as hot and butter than tho patient idure. >m the grunts and Delsartean gesmade bv the barefooted chief the a will evidently soon be deacj|ed ic remnants of tho tribe will go the mountains whom tho acorn s more bountiful. In accordance iheir custom thov will, on leaving, their houses. They will return leasou if the acorn crop is better, mo will KitSlil mnrn I'uttrlf innu J " ranciaco Examiner. SELECT HIFI'INUM. umnn skull as largo as a bushel b has boon found in Sicily, iry IV., of France, was afraid of and trembled whenever he saw roe City, Idaho, which once had a ation of about 120,001), is now a decity. th a vocabulary of 1000 words a an transact all the ordinary oust utters of life. *j convents cither for men or women i be found in Swedon and Norway, are forbidden by law. the year 7?>4 the two seas of Conmopte, Turkey, were completely i over for twenty days. VV. Fclkner, of Palatka, Fla., is wner of an English coin which bo s bears the date of 11124. i my III., of Franco was passionately ' of spaniels. He carried several * jSC w'th him in ^ basket. 0 (Tistnsn'tn of "alcoholic nqtton? b Britaiu was extensively practiced rly as the Sixteenth Century, ilham J. Cale, a Now York roal esigcnt, was released from jury duty ithcr day because his tweuty-tirat was ill. i. Ellsworth Miller,of Cold Springs, ,, is thirty ono years ohl and the ;r of sixteen children, including sets of triplets. u King family, of Port Oram,N. J., eruurkably heavy lot. There .jiro persons in the family, and their weight is 1587 pounds, enterprising New Yorker has called a place in that city where a :an have his clothes cleaned, pressed ;ept in perfect repair for a dollar a h. unt Povolcri lias kept lions as pets io lait quarter of a century, and it * cuatom to Imvo two lions mid ;i punzee iu the tooiu while be is takireakfast. hay saver, consisting of a throedevice, which enables a horse t > t his head into the manger but does icrinit at.y lateral movement of it, is I invention. c antiquarian, Cannavini, has pur ?i at Naples, Iialy, from Count brandi an allege 1 portrait of Chrisjr Columbus by T itan. This porwas discovered ou removing a li portrait painting over the original II bo scat to the Chicago World's e average person trims oil tho tbirr^ond part of an inch from each ftnail a week or about an inch and a avery year. Tho average of human all over the world is forty years, u are 1,300,000,UOt) people in tho I who, therefore, waste on an aver28,400 miles of tiugor nails In a ration. nperor William of Germany ha?, i to the disgust of his subjects, inrated the practice of having all tho > killed at the Imperial eh noting es sold for tiie highest possible !, Heretofore it has beeu customary uch of the game as was not require I lie royal household, or for presents, o given to charitable institutions. Came Ilark and V?ld lTp. ztccn years ago T. K. beliock disapcd from Mexico, Mo., betweon two It soon transpired that ho was _ i. ? I i?nln in /IaI il Tllrt U/<KiW< 1/ wnominal j in ucim. * iiu ^ ly wax and still is a prominent oi.o le country, and his brothers indigent his absconding determined to g him hack, but no trace of him il he found. liocently a travelled stranger, bronze I by a southern came to Mexico. It was Theodore chock, He employed a lawyer, called 'ircuit Clerk Ben C. Johnson and pro. I to pay off tho judgments, a^gro* ng several thousand dollars. As fast lese papers, all of them yellow witii were passed upon by the attorney, >ok would pay them nfT. All of his cets soeined to Ire tilled with money, inked no questions and would answer !. When the last judgmont was tied he departed as quietly as be came no one knew that bo was here till ho gone. Hchock's home is believe I to in ^uth America.?New Orleans i) uue. ero waa fond of music and attalncT t nroflciencv in tho art. A8 CHOOI.ROOM IDYL. How plainly I remember alj! The (leak*, deep-scored and blackened; The row of blackboards 'round th?j wall. Tho hun that vor slackrnod; And. framed about by map and chart. And casts of dusty plaster, That wisest h?ad and warmest heart. Tho kindly old schoolmaster. I so? the snnny corner nook His blue-oyed daughter sat in. A rosy, fair-haired girl, who took With us her Frencli and I.atin. How longingly I watched tho hours For Ollendorf and C*?sar! And how I fought with Tony Powers Tho day he tried to lease her. Aodwhen. one Jay. it took the "Nextl" To stay;some Oallie slaughter, Because I quite forgot the t xt In smiling at his daughter, And she and I wore "kept '''.LTJu* To study, after closing," We stopped the clock an hour or more Whilo he, poor man, was dozing. And there he sits, with bended head. O'er some old volume | oring (Or so he thinks; if truth he said He's fast asleep and snoring!. And where the shaded lamplight plays Across the cradle's rocking. My schoolmate of the olden days Kits, mending baby's stocking ?(Charles B. Going, in the l.a ies' nome Journal. RKLIABhR HKCIt'KK W,n^.rr u: .I ? J . ?wnn? 'Jivvor,. uia? il UU 111133 nicely a fat goose not over four month* ohl; roast for about an hour and a 'junrtcr; salt, untruss, dish up, add a Indleful of rich gravy to the drippings, skim the fnt, strain the gravy over the goose, and serve with apple sauce in a sauce bowl. Methods op Cookino Sh \i>.?The cooking of a slrad is uot a difficult mat ter, but it is something that is often done so carelessly that the dish is unsatisfac tory. bike all fish, the ahad must be fresh from the water. The much vaunted superiority of the Hudson Ilivcr shad is undoubtedly due to the fact that it is mu? h fresher than those from a distance. The very I rest way to cook a slrad is to broil it, though, provided the fish is perfectly fresh from the water, it makes very little difference whether it is broiled, baked or planked As scon as the fish is brought in and sealed as It should be, remove the baekltone. This is not a dif? fioult thing to do if you hava a keen - edged Ironing knife. Push the flesh off the lrono with the lingers, beginning the work at the head, ann Keep tn?* snnn neat me nuuo. mi the fine spines can be removed withHhe spinal column and comparatively few bones will remain in the fish. Do not, however, get the fish into bad shape in taking out the hones, for this can be easily avoided. Season the fish on the inside and outside with salt nod popper,' rub it with a tablespoonful of oil and 5<|UCC7.e over it a few drops of lemon juico. It may now be broiled over s slow fire from twelve to fifteen minute* on tlm flesh side find a minute rm the skin sido. Droit the roe with it. A very nice way to conk a ah ad is to bake it. Prepare it as for broiling Chop a couple of shallots or two small onions, and put them over the fish, which should he well buttered Pour a half wineglass of white wine over it and place it in the bottom of n dripping pan in a moderately hot oven. Pet it rook till it is thoroughly done, which will take about half an hour. It should he covered with buttered paper if it *lu>w? any tendency to to brown trjo much Make a vert-pre sauce to serve with is as follows: Melt a tablespoonful of hotter in a saucepan and atir in a tablespoonful and a half of flour. Stir this well, hut do not let it brown. Then add slowly a cup of rich white stock. Freak thr yolks of two eggs in a bowl and poui the Imiling hot stock over them, hentinp all the time. Oriiin the sauce through o "Scotch cup" or pointed French strainer Arid a tablespoonful of lemon juice,.? teaspoonfu! of butter and n saltspoontm of spinach grerm. Set the sauire'in r basin of hot water and stir for abon' three minutes. Then add a teaapoonfu' of minced chervil. Four half the sau^r over the shad nnd serve the rest-"in I SAUce boat. Making I'ens. After going through a pin factory on* is easily persuaded to hc.l^ve that machinery can be taught to think. In the first place, the wire from which the pint are made is examined by a machine that secins to scan eyery particle of it, ai though to detect any defect that might exist in it> substance. Then it measure* off a hit, just long enough for one pin, and hands it over to another piece oi machiuism that holds it against a filewheel until it is pointer!. It is then passed on to another file wheel, where it ik smoothed and finished; then travels 9 little further, where it is seized l?y a grin and forced into a recess."where the head is made. A pair of pincers then takes it from the die and drops it into a tray, and the work of the machine is done, The whole process does not occupy flvs seconds, for the pincers that catch and drop the pins work so fast that the pint , are comiugal! the time in a stream from the machine, hut so remarkable is th< machanism, so infallible in its action at ev?\jy point, that it really apjiesrs tc reason aa it works^-JJJt. )<ouU Globe Democrat. Krora Five Gents to * A lire-rent stamp was sold In New York the other day for $825, and It had been mncelled at that. It was the New Haven five-cent stamp of 1845. and had been cut from the envelope, which im paired its value. Aside from its actual value, the stamp has an interesting history, It was sent hy Mr. IVpew to his family in I'eekskill and passed into "he hands of Mrs. Duval, wife of Mr. Depew's secretary, shout ten years later. Her son sold it to 8cott A Co., from whom Mr. Mayer bought It. Mr. Scot! got It back last night for $825.?(Picayune.