OUR NA I ION'S CAPITAL. It line Moved Atnttit n flood Meat Mora Tli.tn Mol lVop'tt ftuppoio. We nre quite Mtre that If a, number of lioys and girls wero nshed to nnmo the different capitals of our country, tho order would bo something llko this: Philadelphia, Now York and Washington. TliU u all right as far (is It gocn. says the llluo nnd Gray, but tho truth in our country has had a good many more capitals than those, unmed It irmy lii said that during the revolution fie I'ritish "kopt tilings moving." They woul.l have been very glad to lay hani'.n on tho "rebel" congress, con-gress, knowing b!eh, that body took good iai to keep out of their way. Inasmuch as wherever eongrcaa went it t o' thu national cupltal with it, mui can icudilv niidiThtanil why tho f.illiiv.Mr iiume'l nlnei'i bora that honoi at t'ie dit s nm.iod: I'luiiidelpliin, from Si ptemlicrB, 1771, until IK ueiiiuui, l.rii; Unltlmoro, from December '.0, l(;o, to March, 1777; Philadelphia. fi,.m March 4, 1777, to September. 177 1 ; Liiiieaste-, Pa , from September 117, 1777, to September "0, 1777; York, I'n.from September SO, 1777, to July. 177S; PUiladidphla, from duly 3, 1771, to June an, 17S3; Princeton, Prince-ton, N. J., t ' 1 1 .'in '. iri, to Ko' verobcr'iO, lt-'i; Aniiapo'lH, Md.( from November, 17HS, to Novcutber, 1781; TrunUm, X. J., from Novcmbor, t"tl, to January, 176; New York, from January 11, 1TO5, to 1790, when tho vat of governtnent was changed to I'liiladolpliii, whero it lVmnlncd until 1800. when it was finally removed to Washington. Thus It is that nine different cities and towns have figured us tho capital of our count rv. den. John llldwcll related to tho Orovllle (Cal.) Heglstor tho following as allowing how well Unfiled the shepherd shep-herd dog becomes. Uo and u friend were riding iu tho Salinas valley when .1.,,. rtn.nn In n lift tilt nf flllt. llinilRnnd Of more ahocp guarded by ten or twclvu shepherd dogs. There wero from twenty-five to thirty coyotes along tho edge of the hills nnd within a short dietanco of the sheep, but betwecu tho two wero tho well trained nnd vigilant dogs. "Two or thrco times while we wore in sight one or more of tho coyotes coy-otes made a dash for tho fcheep, but enoh tlmo they wore driven back by tho guardians of tho Hock. Wo rode on nud put up at llio liomcz ranch, which was owucd by a wealthy native Cnllfornlnn. About sundown the shcop, driven by the dogs, enmo up to tho house and tho libel: entered a corral. cor-ral. Two of tho dogfl laid down at the entrance and wnttcd thcro until the owner came out and put up tho bars. Then tho master patted his different dogs nnd fed them well. Ho told us that tho dogs drove theso shcop out on the plain) two or thrco miles in tho morning, remained with the'm during tho day, kept the coyotes and other animals at bay, end each cvcnlngdrovo them up to the liouwc and Into thu cor. ral."