, 1885-12-31

ing inland waters where tOwGge has
heretofore been required. The ship
owners were fairly we'll satisfied with
her performance yesterday. She un-
derwent another and more satisfac-
tory trial trip this afternoon.-Seattle
Chronicle.
How soon u man who is merely rich
and nothing more is forgotten was
shown the other day in New York when
William II Vandsrbilbs funeral oc-
Cured. In anticipation of a great
crowd largo force of police had
beon retained, but so small was the
popular interest in the event that the
police outnumbered the sightseers.
The constrast between this funeral
and that of Grant is more suggestive
than a sermon. 1t shows that the
American people worship and honor
something better than money.
4 special dispatch from Washing
ton says that Senator Logan is pre-
pairing q speech on the course of the
president N his removals Of repub-
licans from Offices, and will 1t Is said,
deliver it shortly after the holidays,
Tx Postmaster Palmer of Chicago is
helping him in the work Of It's pre-
paration, and has secured the names
of all ex-Union soldiers who have
been turned out Of Office and all ex
Confederates who have been appoint
| ed by the administration. There are
| documents, it is said, to show that the
men who have lest their places were
honest and competent. Logan finds
most gratifying results from his in
vestigatioGs in the postofice depart
ment, whore there have been many
removals for pure political purposes
The discussion in the senate over
the action OF Dakota, in adopting a
constitution and electing United
States senators, should sharply call
/ the attention of our legislature to
the universal demand Of the people
that Washington territory take sim
liar action. Senator Harrison ex-
planned to the United States senate
that such action was amply justified
in precedent and law. If this legis-
lature adjourns without providing
for d constitutional convention so
that the territory may be ready to at
once assume the functions OF self
government upon the passage of an
enabling act, it will prove derelict to
its duty. With this Oyertoweriug
issue at hand, We cannot conceive
why it has not already been brought
up for discussion.
Senators Mitchell and Dolph and
Representative Herman, of Oregon,
have visited the store house of the
Washington monument, where the
Oregon memorial stone now lies, and
formally presented it to the AIonu-
ment Commission as Il gift Of the
State of Oregon. The stone is a very
elaborate piece OF work. It IS A. feet
long, 2 feet wide and 5 inches thick.
It consists OF three different kinds Of
Oregon stone. The stone itself is Of
brown granite and sandstone, and
bears on its face q landscape with
Oregon's coat Of arms, surrounded
by fruits and flowers. The whole is
enclosed with q red molding set in
sandstone, and surrounding the State
seal are 80 stars of greenish syenite
The snow capped mountains are
represented by white marble from
Vermont, also set IN brown sandstone.
As to alchohol as a medicine, DR..
n. S. Davis, president of the Chica
go Medical College and ex president
OF the International Medical Con
gresS, puts IN IN nut shell when he
says: ''Alcohol as found in any or
all OF the fermentGd and distilled
drinks is neither stimulating.
strengthening, nor nourishing to the
human system, but simply an psthe-
tic and sedative. Consequently, it
cannot be used in health without in
furious effects proportioned to the
quantity used and the frequency of
It's repetition. Its applicability as 4
remedy in the treatment Of disease is
extremely limited; so much so that it
might be wholly dispensed with,
without any injury to the sick, every
intelligent physician being able to
supply its place with other remedies
Of equal, if not greater, value in the
limited number of cases in which it
is applicable
The OregOnidn, In an editorial on
the Columbia river basin, shows it;
area to be second only TO the Mississ-
ippi basin; that it can sustain popu-
lation OF FIVE million, and that its re
sources are ipexhaustabie. This year
its surplus Of wheat exceeds 10000
| 900 bushels, which the railroads can
net haul out before next May or June.
It sums up the situation as follows
I'm two months more the D. r. & n.
| Cos. road will reach into the heart OF
the Fataha country, opening up 10
production Il region heretofore in
productive isolation. Early next
spring another branch will reach in
TO the rich region about Pennington.
in northern Idaho. Not later than
next fall, another extension Will tap
| the Clearwater country. Other
branches still must soon reach down
into the heart OF this state. Each
mile OF road built extends the area OF
settlement and production. In ten
years two railroads Will not be able TO
do the business"
Newspapers OF st. Paul and Min
neapOhs present an account Of tie
operations Of the building season in
those cities, now closed for the year
1t is shown that IN st. Paul the num-
Der of buildings erected this year is
1861, against 23S3 in 1854, and the
total expenditure Ill building i'm
provements this year is ;:;9,lG3, 200
against -, ,2G6,47T last year. Alinnea-
polls has erected this year 355S build
ings, at a cost OF S8,4G4, 1G5, against
234l buildings, at cost OF 81. .G2l $50
IN 1854 The record OF 1883 for both
cities was very great; but that for
1885 surpasses even the 'bOom" of
the phenomenal year The growth
of the two cities is indeed marvellous.