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jiuirFcmtntt BATURPAV, SBPTKMBKK 85, Northern Pacific Railroad. The land at Vancouver, and others oi" the ns supposed to be informed on the subject, are frequently met wnli such about railroad bind, these odd sections?" "Can the Northern Pacific Rail toad give mc a title?" "Why dm' they build the road and Won't the land so .1 revert to the Government?" "Ii: not their gram alrcadyi expired limitation?" etc. For the purpose 1 answering such inquiries ml furnishing other information iv regard 1 the railroad, we have Th igiiial act of Congrer.s entitled "An not gi mting lands to aid in tie. coustrncii of a railroad and telegraph line fro Lake Superior to Pugel Sound, on the Pacific Coast, by the Nortlien iitte," was approved by the. President and became nJaw on the 2nd uty Tub is'-ij.

The principal features of thi: act areas follows: The Nt nt the public provided in section 3, embracing "every ulternuti section of public land, not minet 11, Ie i 1 by odd numbers to the nm am! 20 alternate sections tier mile mi each side of the inilroad line, tbrnu rerritories of the United i I ten alternate sections per mile on 1 ich side of said road when-1 il passes through any Slate," to whii ihe I 'nitcd States shall have full 1 not otherwise appropriated, the time the line of iid roa I i- definitely fixed, and' a plat thereof filed with the Commis.siuner of the General Land Ollice; and that prior to the filing of this pint, if any such odd sections should be occupied by homestead or settlers, or otherwise appropriated, the 'onipany may select other odd sections in lieu thereof, not more than 1 11 miles hcyojul the limits prescribed i'his Section reserves all miueral hinds, and provides that the company select agricultural lands in lieu ni mineral nnd further provide that the word "mineral shall not be bold include iron or coal. 211 i. M', provision for the survey ofthe lav 1 for yci miles nn 1 nth sides of said the line shnll be definitely located; establishes the right of homestead and pre-emption on nil even numbered sections within tin' line of the grant, and flxcvi the minimum price of even sections at not less than $2 5 per acre. 3rd. Thai the grant shajl subject ti the condition that the company shall couimciic.

the work on the road within two yea from the date of the approval ofthe net, to-wit, July ad, complete not less than 50 miles per ear after the second year, and shnll lute the whole road by July 187.. Vftci the passage of this act no furth. uigrcssional legislation in regard ti tilt road was bad until May 7, 1866, when the time for commencing and complet 1 the roa and all its s. veral section-, was extended for the term of two years. Again on July 1, trie follow ing amendment to the original act was approved "The shall be subject to the condit'u that the company shall commence the Work on the road within two veal fom July 2nd, iS'iX, and shall complete not less than too miles per yea: after the second year thereafter, and shall complete the wboh road July (th, The next Congressional legislation ide for the construct ion uf brunch I line of lb toad "from a joint atorne.u Portland, Oregon, to suitable Point on Pugct to be i 1 tin company, and to connect Ihe sam with its main line west of the Cascade Mountains." This branch to 1.1 subject to all the provisions and eon tliti.in 1 and amendments to, the grant act ot' Congress, provided that the company shall not be entitled to any subsidy in moucy, bonds, additional land-- of the United Slatefor sai I ranch line, except such land ns i nn ludfcd in the right of way an such branch and piovid I that it lea tit) 'five miles of said branch line shall constructed before 2d, lb? 1, and forty miles per year thereafter, imlil the win ie of the blanch shall completed This action of Congress approved April 18th, 1869.

May 31st, IS7O, a joint resolution was ipproved by the President providing or the hsuahce of the company's bonds, obe secured by mortgage on thi mad. nd tv the construction of the coin- emy's main line or road tosomep int Pugei Sound, Valley ol tin Columbia River, with the right to eon-1 struct its branch from some convi mcnt i 1 jviint on Its main trunk line across Cascade Mountains to Pugct Sound) and providing I'm any deficient in the giant lo be made upas in the ori inal act 2d, 1864; and that miles of the main line, bctweecn its Western terminus and Portland becompleted by January Ist, 1572, and forty milesofthe remaining portion thcreol each year thereafter, until the whole shall be completed between said It will thus be seen that the original act of July 2ii" 1864, has been changed in several material respect 4 the time fol the commencement of the work being finally settled to July t-t, and that after the second year thereafter, to-wit, July Ist, 1872, too miles per year tv be constructed, ami the whole road coin pleted by July 4th, 1877. Hut what is really of unite immediate interest to this western section of the Territory thn 1 anything else, save the completion ot the whole road, is the Western end ofthe main line nnd the branch road. It was the original de-, sign oi' the projectors to build straight across the continent to Pugct Sound, and luiild the branch line from some point at or neat Portland to Pugct Sound. This idea wns abandoned, and it was decided build the main line Pugel Sound, via the Valley of tin Columbia RiVer, and the grant was awarded accordingly, reserving the right for a branch road across tin- Cascade Mountains, with no particular time for its construction 1 pecified.

Pursuant in this arrangement, 25 miles nn the main line from Portland to Puget Sound was constructed from Kalaina ni.rtbward,]>rini to January Ist, 1873. Tin' net, a-- amen.le.l, then required them build forty miles each year after January tst, 1872, untill the whtde distance between the western terminus and Portland should Incompleted. The cotnpanv have built the road from Kalaina in Tacoma, a distance of I is miles, nt thereabouts, but have not fulfilled the conditions of the law providing for the construction of miles per year until the whole distance be- tween Tacoma and Portland shall be ct implctpd, Altogether on tin: whole line the road, both East and West, 550 mil have been completed, thus complying with the amendment of July isf, rccpiiring 100 mile 1 jut year to be built after July 2nd, 1 Sya, The 9th section'of the original act provides that ifthc company make any breach of tlu conditions thereof, and allow the same to continue for upwards of one year, then the States, by its Congress.mil) do all that is neces sary to secure a speedy completion of the road. We have been asked many times if this land will not revert to the government upon the failure of the company to comply with the conditions the grant, and lome- Btcad nnd pre-emption settlers win 1 have located upon odd sections, believing that the land would eventually thus revert, and they could then come in with II prior right to purchase from the gin crnmcut, but there is great danircr that 1 such settlers make a mistake iv so do ing, not that they may finally lose the land, together with their improvements, but that it tuny be manj years before 1 they can perfect their title thereto. 1 In case the railroad company forfeit theit bind grant by a non-compliance with the condition! of the act, thi mid sections, without some action by Congress, would not be open lot homestead or pre-emption entry, foi thi' reason that the 6th section of the act of ISO.I provides that "the odd sections of land hereby granted shall imi be liable to sale, homestead entry, or pre-emption, before or after they arc surveyed, except by company, a.s provided in this net," I.

then provides that the homestead and pre-emtion privileges -hall be extended tli other lands on the line ofthe road 1 nsurveyed, "excepting those hereby granted to said company. The time for the company to commence and complete the work has been extended froiri time lv time, and as it is next to imp issible forthmn to complete the road before July 4th, 1577, they will in all probabilty procure nn extension of time from t'le government. The 01 iginal act provides that in case of failure by the company, Congress may do any and all things necessary to insure a speedy completion thereof. Over 500 miles of the road have been completed, and the same reasons for constructing Hich a road exist 10-day which existed when the original act was passed 1864. The status of these ud.l sections likely to remain as at present for some inn come, an the settler who loa'c 1 hereon, outside of the limits of he already earned lands ol the com! panv, will no doubt have to wail long before he will he permitted to hufi tc I proceedings tlic procurement ol patent.

there is large men of land, valuable for agricultural and other purposes, withheld from market, nnd the I object toi which this land is being withheld is not going forward. This is a discouraging State of things, and sonicthing should be done somebody ere long. The new stockholdera meet in New York on the 29th instant, to electa I board of directors, and should they not take immediate and energetic action in furtherance of the project, hope, Congress will step in and exercise their prerogative as soon as the law allows. I.ci us have "tie thing or the oHm either the road, 01 I now that we arc. not to have it.

The affairs of the road have been unfortunately managed, but some progress has been made itwithstanding, and it yet remains to be seen what 11 i. ami 1 "Comical policy will do towards the furtherance of this important scheme. i have received tin prospectus ofthe Daily Intoning ato daily to be issued nI Astoria about November Ist, by Ireland, llil! present able Usher ol the Weekly Axtorian, Mr. land lias bad long experience in tin- newspaper field and will HO doubt make a readable daily. Tin- prospects ol the city by tlie see have been looking up for some time past and thai she is to have a daily paper evidence of increasing thrift.

Success to tin- Astorian. Portland is to have a letter carrier. A hedgehog was captured near ais last week. The state Temperance Union commenceil it Salem last Thursday, Salem has a new paper. The Daily dltTcury issued Im E.

L. Uristow. Tin ueu flouring mill, in Tygh valley, Wasco county, is in operation. The owners of the Umpitt will soon place anothel steamer on C'imis Hay line, I ill place of the lust Euiiport. A party nl three men have Intel) discovered gold placer mines nn i stream thai heads up at Mount llorsl.

Halt rates only the Oregon Central Railroad from Portland to Hills lioro during the Washington County fait. Tin- "Rvcning Journal is mi the ranv time, it is W. 1,. HiggitlS of Custom House notoriety who the victim. Walter Hanks Joyce, a son of 11.

D. Joyce, aged ten years, ivas drowned in the river ill Portland on the tstb Robert Newell bad bis hand badly smashed in Washington County last week, while feeding a threshing machine. A solid chunk of coal, weighing -rxK) pounds, was recently shipped San erancisco trom the Newport mine on oos Ray Ii is that a gentlemen, formerly a banker, who will shortly arrive from Missouri, contemplates opining a bank in (Iregon City. The Messrs. of Oregon Ci have commenced work on their contract (or building wing damson the I per Wnlhtmet.

It ia thought the taxable property in county, according to the assessment roll, will he more this Vonr ban it was hist. The Linn County Lair opens on Tuesday, the sb day of October, am! it expected that the citizens gcwernllv will take mo- than the common interest in be matte). A new township of land I.as ju been surveyed in Clatsop county, neai the bead of Lewis and Clarke river. It is reported to In- good bottom lands a long tho river, and level talde lands. j.

11. Fisk, the well known assaycr, is occtipyjng liis tirnc innnutucturiny Babbitt metal out of Home old metal faucets which are otu oi llate am! cannot utilized except in this maimer. Portland hail a singular case of homesickness last week, a voting gei man after the brief sojourn of 30 hours cried for "Fatherland or Heaven" and straightway her brother packed her oljr for 1 latid.ui.tg. Mr. Allen Parker has shipped ten tons of choice wheat to a friend in Chillcothe, lie re il will lie used li il seed.

Otu friends in the Huckeve state may gel Oregon seed, but the) will tail to raise Oregon wheat. Mr. 11. E. 1 (arris has placed on our table a bunch of uncommonly line hops.

They ere raised on the Island above town, aud are pf superior quality. specimen is from vines of hut i his ear's growth, which arc te hang very Gazette, The Murciiru approximates the average yield of wheat and oats in Marion ounty, per acres Fall wheat, 34 bushels; spring wheat, jt; oats, 24. In Howell Prairie, the yield per acre was; fall wheat, lo bushels; spring wheat, ay; French Prairie, the late grain yielded poorly being sown rather late, and the beat being intense. The new Steam Tug CJcn. Canby built nt Shoahviitcr Hay has put in an appearance nt Portland for firnishing 1 touches she is designed for the route be-1 tweeu Astoria and Unity and also for Shoal water llav and is said to be a staunch craft.

'C pt. M. Whltcomb ill command. The AstorUtn says ii is estimated that the receipts at the Sea Side House for the summer amount to over this season. There have been as many as .100 persons there, for the months ol and August One hrmdrcd and twenty-five persons was the largest number entertained any one day.

(i. W. C. T. Dunbar lectured on temperance at the Dalles week.

Mr. Dunbar has visited every lodge of Good Templars in Eastern Oregon, organised many new ones and resuscitated a number that were on the decline, He reports the order as being in a prosperous condition throughout the State. Capt, Aide nl iln- Ship "City of York" has presented to A. 11. tlallock Chief Engineer ofthe Portland Kite Department a gold badge in token of his appreciation of the gallant efforts of that officer ami his firemen in extinguishing the fire on the Ship which cam so near proving disastrous; it few weeks since.

A spirited row occurred in a lot of men working with a thresher, near Roseberg. last week. Pitchforks, pistols, were threateningly used, and some half a persons were engaged in the fray. A few sensible persons were pi'ercnt, and succeeded in making peace before blood was shed. We understand that the Voting Men's Christian Associations of this city and Salem propose to camp on the Held al the Slate air, if they can ptocure accommodation, ami bold services day and night during the iur, thus giving those who desire it an opportunity to Worship (Jod in preference to wasting thcil time assume ot icni would, sinful 0, Adeocute.

From the fanners who are now through with their harvesting, the Granger learns that the crop in Linn county is averaging much better than was anticipated. This week will generally wind up the threshing, nnd the crop will have been secure.l ill good condition. The early-sown wheal was extra, and the lale-sown is proving nearly an average. Si me oi best informed farmers say the average yield in Linn county will be greater than last, say abort twenty bushels lo the acre. This result is very satisfactory and encouraging.

Uu! then nun cotisidei a good crop a sure thing, if the ground is proper! (Hied and the seed well put in. I Dridgcs have tilisorhed Initncitsc amount nt capital within the last ten years, h) the exteiitin i of railroads creating a direct demand lor the opening lipid' new Territories to immi rants. It is estimated that tlie bridges built in tin- United States since Ihe war, have cost $1 The VVe -l lias built greater number uf large costly bridges, those over the Missouri alone al St. Charles. Ibiuiiville, msas City, Atchison, St.

Omalta, costing Si ia s. The The Ohio is bridged eiglil limes hclow Pittsburg, at the cost of Tlie Mississippi iiilel at St. Louis, Hannibal, Keokuh, I bil lingtun, Clinton, Dubuque, Winona, Crosse, Si. Paul and otljei places, at a cnsl of ri.tht"li:ill id this ing been cxjH'nded on the bridge St. Louis.

Philadelphia during the same time built or completed bridges for mere local accommodations alou costing about i.i sv i. TEKIMTOKI An Ogden gardener boasts a broom corn sixteen loot lligii Indians are doing a thriving oyster mi ss on I 'llget Sound. The Pugct Sound Haptlsl Association commenced at Seattle on tin- 17ih inst. Capt. McMiekon, Surveyor Heneral, is visiting ia die Bostcm portol the Tetritory.

The compulsory education law nf Zona went into effect on tin- Ist id bur. A house nt Walla Walla, belonging In li. v. K. limes, was burned list Week.

All nt Uoberl Small y's bay the Touch. near Wall.i Widla, was Luriied on the 3rd in I. The Sioux scalp lifters, want it nnderstoml that tin Black is no "lace for hdd heads, Hrigham Voting 1 i dlw -y cleared llu occasion of tin funeral liishop Ceo. A. Smith, Salt Lake last week.

During tin month August the whistle nt Dunpcno, station sounded, iv the aggregate, lUI lunus. The capitol building at Olympia lias been neatly fitted un for llio legislature which will assemldi iv it Del 4th, llartly, uontly adjn Iged Insane, and placed iv the in- mc asylum at titnila. count, is set at liberty again. Wiiluuii, a raciug stallion, vallK at 110,000, died at Deer Lodge. Mont other day, i.fte: an ho ir's sickness.

A redieulous paragraph is lloatiug around to tin- effect that P. Armij ol Xeyv Mexico, owns which range over a region of tlin sqtuuro, Beefe Johnson, a Prosperous Monaua, who hadn't been a mile Iroi. his claim, which iv ftnowehoc gulch, i i two years. strolling over thi mountains into Helena, the other day. with a Batch tabling 1111,000 in gold Tin- Trailer admits that ihoHlnek Hills furore baa tilled Cheyenne, witli dusporata and dangerous diameters, a lio gain a pre.

carious living by thieving ami freedundh- Ing. name of tlic proposed Black Hills railroad tv cr.ter the Black Hill' from ihe Southward Is "The Kansa- Central and Mack Hills Narrow Guage llailroad pany." Walla all Union says: Nearlyall our legislators have started pia. We net lee ontside member who appeared, as ttsu il, to have Ids pockets lull ot proxies. A prominent merchant in Salt Lake gave undubitablc evidence of bis insanity the Other day, by dashing down the principle street stark' naked, lb- as gathered in by the police. Messrs Poster it Rowe, of Olympia, have two booms of logs realty for tnemills containing a million root, notalog of which is-less than forty foel long, ana the other eon tain a 700,000 feet.

Mr. A. Hds, of Waitsburg, is making a splcndcd lul ol brooms. Ho has left a specimen nt this office, ami it sweeps clean. Otu broom makers live startcn in early yeiu, and put down the prices so low that they say they intend to try keep our mercbauts from importing M'ut'hi Union.

TELEGRAPHIC- iCondensed Dktpatckcs.J New York. Sept. 17 The recent storm in Texas Is the hardest since In (lulvaston thirty Workmen on break water behig built by the govenitneiil were cut otl'tmd lost. The Bantu Fee Railroad bridge washed away. The bay so full of water that it the wind changes to tie- nth the Whole island is lost and no line can lie suVi d.

Another Tast Train to Btartsd. New York, sept IT. In conjunction with the lightning inornbig train, the IV'iisylvunin Kuilmod intend, inn short time, to begin running fust evening mall train to make the same time the morning train, 7tv Beocher Ae't New York. Sept. IT.

Itcv. Henry Ward Beech er declines the proposed public reception at the Academy ofMusle, Brooklyn. In his letter of as cltlllltlon he say- such a ree-'ptlm WOUtd keen alive feollngs that nnghl subside, to relies dis cussions of imlnfnl public ImnsaeJlons, which should never have I existence, and which it were well, both for puhlie ami forprivntegood, to have removed, If trot to forget fulness, atleastto obscurity. Too in my hearts have bled, too much sorrow and scorching cxclt nienl has fallen upon kind, to make ll wise to renew ami il. monstmt on wtitch might he mis- Intorprntcd, and which iniirlit excite nnitnestty Which ally good eltinell should seek to heal.

Cinninnat' CarAoa. Cineliiniitl, Sept. I -The i "im-lnnat i Zoological Gardiii opened today with appropriate euremo nics and large nitmlsT of invited g-iests in uttcn dence. This garden contains sixty ai res, is laid out in yvalks, drives, and bus number offnnutains nndsmali Tills of animals, birds, is the largest in the souhtry, und the Various ticcomiliodutioiis and appoint metits unekcel cd. Fail iiva To i my Hops.

New York, Sept. I White Domrliiss, pro illtcc commissi in have fulled, ami have assigned Edw VV. Speculation in hops cuiisi tl it. A Ba'vlloment with. Nnv Vnrk, Sept.

creditors of Lee. sbcpartl A Diltiiiurtiitm, booksllcrs, an agree incnl a iii. tin- en illtora tn accept seventy cents on tin- ir. to paid three at six, twelve uud eighteen uioutlis. williutll interest.

New i irlrnus, Hep. Information from the west says the loam of Mubigordu was swept UWa), Olll) tWII ItOIISCS 1 leil.u left SUllMllng. New Orleans. Sept. SI.

-liunsanls nlinost en tirelv dcslroved, only three houses remaining which are luffed, 100 to loU (flat St. Bept Si A telegram from (jut reports the Indliino'a disaster n- most ternble Dead bodies sre strewn for forllf) miles along the beach, On :1 1 have been tonnd und buried' New Orleans. Sep.Sl.—Tb Galvns'oa News" has received the followtnii from We arc destitute; the town gone, One quarter of the people are ilcnd. Bodies sre strewn for sn miles along the hay. Nine of the houses arc destroyed.

Sand ns help, forOod's sake' D. W. Cms. Att'y. New Orleans, Sept.

Time-' special, from Information obtained from papers nnd psi gives the following new of the storm ut (Jalves ton: To briefly summarise disaster: A gale; from the smith by Wcdne iln.v niiddny rcabhed: such proportions thai captains of steamers, accustomed fir to traverse portion of the Gulf, declined put to sea Almost sitniittaneouslv with this determination came ii report, that shin-yard ul tin- extreme east end ofthe istn had been Inundated, mid men were fleeing for their lives. A rapidly fulling barometer Indicated an increase of th storm, and the water of the Tiulf, liicli on the south side of the Island and iii the rear ofthe center, gradually commenced to encroach on the garden- of scattered residences bordering on the bench, and soon overflowed them The water during day reached a depth ot iwo feet. Ml day long, ami during Thursday, it blew ii hurricane, pushing thoGtiti water over Uie entire Island, an 1 enveringeven higher elevations to a depth of two feet nnd a half. This ridge embraces an area twelve blocks. And extending from Meehmili street to Market dis-1 tame of two lutitudinalty from enter street to hack sveniu un.l nboui longi itudmallv.

In tie- eiitlrt' rear, east und west ends ofth. pit) the water to sufficient depth to iloat large salon tsllllees. many ol which ure I very valuable. From Trcmolt strcot, where this 1 section begins, f.ir ti distuneo of a mile und a half west, event intrdcn and every hm million is desj tfoyiid are scattered promiscuously in I the center of Ite it'ghfiircs, many of them being jammed together, further to the west. In the neighborhood of Olcandei I'mk, there are I many small IWrtni and a number of sty llsli reslden, res, tin- uui-1 i- In have rendu depth fr.

-ix i nlni feet. A siiiiilur story i- toi lof eastern end tin- Maud, which extends from Center street mile. In th- linage of ifo i.l "ti "rotnid floors, and one can estituati ahieh thlriy Inchesof ses water would involve li is fair to i tliat the tin i itlre year will exhausted in pptstlring dsmaues li isuTply yegetatiou has been utterly desroyed, hut li Ihi is involved in wholesale ruin wo do not uppreheiid. Sfhs President fjocs to Colorado Long Hi ue ii. in and family will iii sis vial Palace unm Thursday next und en direct to Colorado, Ths Market.

1.0n.l s. Plic ''Mark Lane Express" fnllowinu r. view of the corn in.ci. ''n th ivs Tie- hir.l gathering! of the harvest tie ttli ol England hays teen Well secured. 'I'm has susacd' and luetl price of wheat has been universal, fr.

niie to two per our averages, however, are only one shilling and mi, eeiiee of lust year, tcbre seettw to lie little rootii, on ii scanty and poor crop for further dcprcMiioh; i a- money goes begging, it may liud i- tlbibii v. it in theeoru trade. The French cla in Unit tholr wants by hillll.Hl but the fact that Eretn Ii furuii r-- are mere rpllll hint than ourselves mil- tin linpirsstun I bat the IViis market has been lo.idyfoi Old tills wheat, though it is about isier for tha luvfrouf now in the provinces There bus been veiy little change i eontinet generally. There has been IttUc inovi un nt, li.c i.iarkel- iv some Pisces in Armor and In others easier only di lined a shilling; to Belgium Ibul Imi i i Hungary, two 'i. and 'I.

'-anu is true of Dciuuatk. lie! a oi' fl. higher Vice Prenidcut Etcllnee.to didatert for Governor of Host. Sep. fo'loKlia publlsli 'il.

NutWi, isra. KilU fjionton Journal; 1 Und ii psvqi i.f tai- inonitnti; a dispatch from Wortetvt, V.cc rrvshWuil yYilaon would p.i.|» publluan for governor, nm'. it the greatest cotnpllrpuiit ever pnhl to hi p. ah I should value suit. of im obligation and duty to the country woulnoin i mil mc to aecepl nomination were it tcudervd ty UteutmmiiMus voiceeif the convention.

Spoke Hopefnlly lennri, Sep. 'li Tlio Emperor ot Austria, receiving the parllomentary delegattosns to da) spoke hopefully us to ihe uisinttuauce of peace iv bumpc. Baatander, Sep. embarkatlos ut troopi for Cuba b) activity going Abe present 4.000 huii' sailed for tlr.it Isfenq. CANADA Toronjo, Sep 19.

Pour boys out salting this aucruoop. vet (Irowiied by Hie of tlielt boat River Dotrop. Sep 19 -Oaring the storm ye( terdny, twelve Inches gfsnow toll, ami uiueliilutu age us done to fruit. BOU 111 AMKit 1(1 A. Kto Sep.

18, An Imperial decree grant inu pviinlouH to bishops ami governors dloccsea tins t.een promulgated. Kcdillng, -Sep IU. -Lieut Hen. Blieridnn andparty'arrivedat 11io 1 clock. They wore welcomed by the tiring of gum mid lure-' number "i citizen-from SluuuA and adjoining towns.

They leave on tbu morulug train, lv a ear provided bj the Railroad for tbclr special use. HUMOROUS. A Feeth Islander says that drunken missionaries makes good "corned beef. A young lady in Massachusetts canceled her marriage engagement bet ausi "dad believes we have a gold mine on ot farm." Just think of it! It costs to to keep the women ofth.s country in imported corsets tor one year! hat a waste. "Such remarks 1 considci dow," and an insull to my 'understanding, 1 a beauty to a gentleman who praised her small feet.

Somebody abvertiscs a preparation tor keeping a lady's bands from chaps A report that has no money would do the same i hing. "You would be ry pretty, indeed, said a gentleman, patronizingly, to a young iadv, your eyes were only a little "Mj eyes may be small, sir, but such people as you don I till them!" A newly-married couple have cipitulcl) tied from Savin Rock, where they hail gone a summering, because the fact leaked out that the husband took a portion of his wife's hair, oil by mistake for cough medicine one night. They were seated at a late dinner, when the door boll rang, and the servant handed cud to Jones' wife, "Good, gracious! its our minister, and I've been eating onions 1" site exclaimed, "Never mind," said Jones, "you need not kiss lum 10-day. "1 haven't catena mouthful in two days," said a tramp, "and my wife and three children are starving at "1 would give you something," the philanthropist replied, "but 1 nothing smaller than a live-dollar bill." "1 will change it for you," said the tramp. are you going to heaven? 1 hope so, dear.

Child- And hope so; she is a good woman, and ail good women to heaven. please, may I go to the dogs with papa? He says he is going there, and it wiil be so much nicer there. She'll FiJt washerwoman carried a handle of clean shirts into an otticc on Griswold street and demanded sixty cents ofthe owner; he replied that it was outrageous, and said that she must cut the bill down to fifty uts. "Well, give me the money," she said, after a long argument. "And you'll "keep right on washing for me?" "Y-e-s, guess so," she replied, aftet some hesitation, "but I can't wash down no further than the bosom for that figure, and the tails '11 have to furnish their soap and Detroit Free Press.

Frank Rlakc, an actor, read the following at his benefit performance in Portland, Maine; Dear public, y-u and 1, of lute, Have dealt su mueli in fun, I'll crack you now ti monstrous great Quadraplicated pun! tdkoa grate mil of coals ni glow, A great (nil Imuse Autl if i am uot vrutcful too, A great fool 1 inii-t be! And all that to an audience that yielded him only twenty-three dollars. An old Scotch parson, who was not a preacher but a parson, and who on week returned the which bis people made to him at the kirk on Sundays, once came to the bouse of a parishioner where bis gentle knocking could dot be heard forthe noise within. I'pon this he lifted the latch and walked in, saving, in a majestical way, "1 should like to know who is the bead of this house?" "Weel, giiy' Sandy, "ifve bide a wee we'll maybe be able to tell ye, for Janet and I arc just tiling to settle that point." ThlN good link' boy was. sitting oil the front steps whittling up his sister's embroidery frames and muttering to himself, "This ain't no good world to live in unless a feller is bis father's or mother's only orp.hanboy. What makes me git so mail is to have mv sister go and take all my ripe peaches to give to that big loafer of a sweetheart of hers that comes 'round bet seven nights in a week to git a square meal, and makes out as if be wanted to talk politics with the old man.

I wish they'd marry and go to Texas, 1 do!" And then be threw the remnants ofthe frames in the street and entfd lighu i hearted,.