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VOL. 2.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OEEGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1877.
NO. 44.
J OB WORK ZltLZTZZ.
When Wheat is Green.
When wheat Is green In furrowed Held,
And forest Jane arc lined with leave,
And passion unto pleading yields.
And every mateles maiden crleves
For lark of love, at such a time
My pleasure will be In Its prime.
The clouds that keep away thes-iin.
And cover up the moon at night.
Before the strong March wlud will run.
And leave the heavens blue and bright,
The sun will shine upon the sea
The moon will light the wood for me.
And then, ah, then! Oh, dearest days!
Laburnum braLches, thick with bloom,
Will throw their gold garden ways.
And kiss the windows of my room;
And then the day! How will it be
To liteln such felicity?
My brow with blossoms will be bound,
Aud from my fears I shall be free;
Oh, tardy time, bring quickly round
The merriest month of all for me!
That I may hear the church-boys sing,
And on my flngtr see the ring!
The Boy Hero.
It waon Saturday nieming.th fifteenth
of December, that little Paul Lavcre sat
bj a-low, smouldering fire in the only
apartment of the cot that had any furni
ture in it. He was onbr tutrices years
of rge, though his face had an older
look. There were lines of care upon his
high brow,and the nether lip had a pecul
iar compression unusual in one of his
j ears. lie was small in stature, hot with
much nerve, sad a decision of character
that manifested itself in every look and
movement. His eve were bent on the
embers now, and he was in deep th mpht.
Near him, in a great arm-chair, sat his
mother. She was pale and thin, and the
low, deep, hollow-sounding cough that
ever and anon burst from her throat, told
too plainly there was need for a physi
clan. She was not over five and thiity
though, like her boy, she looked older.
The lines of care and sorrow were deep
and lorn;.
The fnrnitore of the room consisted of
a email table, tvro common chairs Inside
the one in which the widow sat, and one
small bed. The rest of the house was
empty. Nearly all the furniture they
once possessed bad been sold by the hus
band and father before he died, and what
few articles he had left, beside these in
this room, had been sold to pay the rent.
Of ornament there was none unless we
notice the old mutktt that hung on two
wooden brackets over the door. That
would bare been sold long before, had
not Mrs. Lavere clung to it with all her
power of entreaty and prayer. It had
been her father's musket, and he had
ca-iitdit bravely and honorably through
the blo-sd-staiaed fields of Trenton,
Princeton, Brandywice and Germ an town;
and rLcj dying he gave it to his daugb
t r. 'Die poor woman clung to that as
the last memento of her better days.
"Paul," spoke the mother, in a weak,
fatit tone, is there no more woodP
"I can easily get some, mother, when
you are able to spare me. I hare some
gathered up by the roadside sear the
pond."
"Then you may go now. I shall get
along very well until yoa cotre back."
So the boy put oa his cap, and started
off with tbe'sled. He was rone nearly
an hour, and when be returned he bore
wood enough to last through the rest of
the day, and during the morrow. A bet
ter fire was soan kindled, and then Paul
moved out the little tableland placed a loaf
of bread on it. He then made some tea,
and when that was done be asked his
mother if she would eat.
"Titis is all," he said. uNt another
crumb of food is there in our boute. Bat
let us eat; I can beg more. I am used
to it now."
This was bitterly sjyken this last
sentence, and the widow looked for the
moment at though she would chide her
son for it. Bet we look quickly passed
away, for fche remembered tliat for many
weary, weary weeks he had supported
her.
It was toward the middle of the after,
noon that the door of the cot was opened,
And two men entered. One of them was
Mr. Notworth, the owner of the dwel
ling. Be wm a tall, fchm man, with
sharp, angular features, thin, grizzled
hair, small red eyes, a large mouth, and
a narrow, contracted brow, lie was a
ihard, cruel man: unfeeling in the ex
ire me, and seeded to know of but one
aaceatire to action and that incentive
was SBO&ey. The other man was Not
worth's tool a stoat, burly clown, ready
to do anything his master bade him, so
lonir as bis wares were uaid.
"Well, Mrs. Larere, the other week has
gone, and now I want ny house" Thus
spoke the landlord, in a harsh, impera
tive tone.
"Oh," good sir," the widow retained,
clasping ber thin, white bands, and rais
ing them toward him, "I am not able to
more now. Let me stay here yet a while
loflger."
"Can you pay me the rent!" aked
Notworth, harshly.
"Not now; but pcrliaps Paul may find
"And why hasn't be found work tl
ready!"
"Uecau6c lie could not leave me, sir.
I have been very sick, and should bare
died but for his attention. Ob, fir, let us
stay"-
"No: not aBotber hour! I am not to
support all the paupers in the towal I
hive a family who wish to sore in here
at once. Yoa can go to the poor-bouse !"
. "Alas! wc must come to that soon! I
bad hoped we might escape that I had
hoped it for my poor boy's sake. I bad
hoped that health might come back to
me, and that then my boy and myself
might both work. Ob, we could pay
youthen! But I am not able to now. I
am very sick."
"Uc-BsenseJ you're well enough to go
to the poor-bouse. I hare brought my
man on purpose to help you there; he
trill haul you on a sled part of the
way."
"But, sir the poor-house is fire miles
eBt Oh, I could not Ike to reach it ia
this cold weather! Walt until it Is warm
er until I am stronger. Oh, I witl try
to get well as toon as 1 can!"
I tell ou 1 won't wait another hour
no, not half an lour! If your hHsband
Wis"
"Oh, for the love of Heaven, sir,"
gasped the poor woman, clasping her
bands again, "do not spak of mm: He
has gone to meet his God, and he ha
s unbred enough."
"P. oh!" uttered the unfeeling wretch.
"Whtt do yu mean by that! I say yoar
husband brought ye dwa to this liy his
own acts; and d ve s itn 1 m a gom' to
support ye, when the town stands ready
to take ye! No.no! Now, out ye go!
le can go now as well a ever, l tell je
the hnuse I must have, and I will have
it! Ye owe me for two months' rent
now, and of course III never get it; bat
ye won't owe me any more. I've let ye'
stiv here just long eaough aw move .
The widow bowed Iter head, and burst
into tears.
"Oho, ye're comia' that, eh I Here,
Crow, take her up and carry Iter oat.
Put her on to yer sled, if she can't walk;
perhaps we 11 get a sleigh when we get
up to the bous. Take her right out.
It's comin' to a pretty pass w hen a man
can't have his own house and after two
whole month' notice at that !"
Paul Larere had been standing all this
time by the door, where be bad gone ta
let the visitors in, and bis frame bad
been shaken by emotions such as he had
new before experienced. More than
once tin had been en the point of takiog
the tongs and fpringing at the monster,
but a tense of bis own weakness with
held him. Bat he could bear no more.
When those last words dropped from
Notwcrth' lips he mired quickly to
tbe other door, and snatched down the
old musket, lie drew back the hammer.
and the sharp click arretted the land
lord s attention.
"Siaad back!" the boy cried, bringing
tbe piece to his shoulder, and aiming it.
"Lay a hand on my mother, and I'll
shoot yon as snre as there is a God in
heaven! My gunisloaded.sir. I loaded it
in hopes to shoot a dock' for my mother.
Don't touch her! In Heaven's name,
don't. I would not have roar blood on
nir hands; bnt I do not lie!"
The boy was pale as ashes, bat not a
nerve in his body trembled. His large
dark eyes were bnrniog with a fearful
intensitr, and his lips were compressed
until the prints of the teeth within were
plainly to be seen.
(Jl coarse a man wita such teeiings as
Notwortb had displayed could be noth
ing bet a coward. His man Crow fell
back in a moment, f.-r be saw too plainly
the meaning of the boy's face.
Put down that gen! gasped the
landlord.
Not until yoa have left the house,
sir," replied Paul,
in
a bussed
tone,
some
"Leave us cow, and I will make
arrangement for anew borne; bet
place
your hand on my mother, aad you die."
Of course the wretch stormed, and
threatened, and swort; but he dared nit
tempt the boy, who looked oa him so
strangely.
"Well, Crow," he said, at length, alter
be found that his coarse threats had no
effect, "we will go now, and when we
come again well bare them with us as
will hare the law in their hands."
"Oh. mother, yoa do not blame me!"
cried Paul, springing to his parent's fide
after the men bad gone.
"No, no, Paul, the widow returned.
gaziug with pride on her coble boy, "I
cannot blame you; but I fear they will
do something dreadful now."
"Fear not on that account, mother.
When I took down your father's gun I
bed another resolution formed in my souL
Wait, for I will try one more thing far
aid. I will try the assembled Christian
itv of the town."
The Sabbath bells rang out clear upon
the frosty air, and people put on their
best garments to go up to tbe house of
God and prar. Tbe sleigh-bells jingled
over tbe smooth rotd an tbe more favored
ones flew by, and ever and anon a more
humble church-goer stepped out into the
deep snow to let tbe equipage pus. By.
and-by a thin, pale face appeared In tbe
entry of the cborch.
"Ham t you g it no better clothes n
them to wear to mfet3n',boyP the sexton
asked.
"No, sir; I have none others."
"Well, never mind. Here, IH thnw
you a teat." Shortly after this Mr. David
Notworth entered the church. He was
habited in black, and the deacons all
bowed to him as he passed them. He did
not Bee the poor boy under the gallery.
It seemed a strange coincidence that
morning that the minister should bare
Breached the sermon he did. He took
tbe whole of the thirteenth chapter of
"Paul's First Epistle to the C-mntbians"
that chapter which is dsroted to char
ity. It was a noble theme, and the speaker
was & warm-heattedzealous man. On the
present occasion he allowed his zeal to
mount into the upper fields of pathos and
stirnnc appeal; and be made it a plain
case that all tbe phases of charity are
necessary to Christian lite.
Itr-and-by the wrmon was closed, and
the last hymn was sung. Paul started
to Ids feet, and bad moved a step for
wardbut became nigh fainting beneath
tbe task be bad imposed upon himself.
In a moment more tbe itenediction would
be pronounced, and then it would be
too late. He gave one deep throe he
thought of his mother and his soul was
stiong once more. The clergyman was
on his feet when the boy sprang forward
On he went, up the aisle until he reached
the pulpit steps.
- "One word, sir! Oh, one word I In
the name of Him whom you serve, hear
Be!"
Tbe man of God dropped his hands
upon the cushion before mm, and gnzed
upon tbe boy in speechless astonishment;
regaining his composute, be said
"What is it, my son!"
With one mighty effort Paul stilled
his wildly beating heart, and then raised
his head. He knew that then was tbe
time, if ever, for tbe people were anxious
now to bear bis. He raised his bands,
clasped firmly together, toward the pul
pit, aad in a wild, frantic tone he ut
tered: "Oh, sir, I have heard you preach to
day such truths as I kno'w are of God,
aud I liojie they are uot mere idle savings
here. Oh, pardon me, and listen. I
mean n wrong I only &,k you, as you
hire yur God, to hear me!" Here be
turned toward the astonished peojde, aad
his voice had now become more calm aBd
clear. "Yoa, many of you, knew my
father; you know he is dead. But blame
him as you wilt, you cannot blame my
mother or myself. We were not io blame
that be became low and degraded; wc
were not to blame that he became a vic
tim of the fell destroyer. My mother
prayed fur him on her knees, and never,
nerer, in bit most degraded moments,
was sbe cold or hirh. He died, aad
he left us poor very poor. My mother
has beta sick sick erea uato the shad
ows of death, and I her inly nre. I
u..hW work if I could leave my mother,
but I cannot. I can beg I have begged
I hare begged the food that has sus
tained as. La-t night a man came t
turn u from the bouse we occupied; he
would hare turned my mother out iBto
tbe cold, chill, wiatrv air, had I not. boy
as I am, made him afraid to do the deed.
Bat we cannot live there al ays so. We
owe otir landlord twelve dollars for rest,
aad be bat sworn with aa oath that he
would turn as oat of doors by force of
arms if wc do aot leave. Tld kill
my mother to be moved now. Ij UsU,
and so may God Me yoa!"
This bad not been spokes coanectedtv,
as we have written it, bat at spumodlc
intervals, broken by sol and weeping.
Tbe effect was electrical. Never before
had such a thing been hoard of, and yet
few seemed to think it out of plaee.
Most of them were too mach moved ta
think of anything but tbe story they bad
beard. That same boy migat'bave told
them his simple story in the street, aad
they would hare jtavd him idly by; bat
now it came home to their hearts. It
emed almost a tot seat by Gd to try
their faith in the doctrine they bad tha't
day heard. Only Mr. Notworth strmed
angry; bat though every eye bad beca
tamed upea him, yet he dared net speak.
Ere tang tbe miaitter came down, aad
placed his hind upon the boy's head;
and then, in a dear, imprrisire tone, be
said:
"Inasmach as ye hire doae it aato
the lcat of one of these, hare ye done it
unto me.' My friends, let us alt take
counsel together after we are dismissed."
lie then pronouaced the be&edictian ;
but only David Notworth left the house.
What was dose ia that meeting can be
Judged of by the results. That very
night a uocttr came to tbe widow's
cot, and with him came a nurse who was
to remain. On the next day a large sum
of mosey, and many art i airs of comfort.
were seat in. Lre lung Paul was taken
into the family of a wealthy mechanic
as an adopted ko; and ere tbe saows of
winter were gane the mother was well
again, and was gladly ttkea iato the
same family with her son, where she poised
the happiest hours of ber woman's life.
It is a simple storr, but where will van
fiad a braver boy than was Paul Lavcre!
Think you be was brave when be faced
those two strong men for bis mother
piotectios! So he was. Bat that re
quired cot a moiety of the stem, calm
heroism, which ent him, a pale, feeble
boy, into that sacred temple, there to
face the multitude, and in defiance of all
precedent, to pour out the story of his
mother's sufferings. Bnt his soul was
stroag with filial love, and be conquered
People honored him for this strange in
dependence, and as he grew up a coble,
steady, nrtaons youth and mac, he was
respected by all who knew him. Yet tbe
smile and tbe loving embrace of bit
mother, with her tearful blessings upon
him, were by far the dearest return he
met for his work.
Of Mr. Notworth we will only say he
died unwept and uc mourned, and a
spendthrift son qekkly squandered bis
property.
Darwinian Kelatlons.
The inhabitants of K vbilia.northero Af
rica, are much troubled by tbe depreda
tions of monkeys, who, in coon tie cum
bers,iufcst tbe hilly forests. Tbe uofertu
nate farmers or market gardeners who
lite on the mountain slopes wage a con
usual war against these marauders,
which is foredoomed, however, to endless
failure, tor the inhabitants were Dsr
vtinites long before Mr Darwin was beard
of, and thy dare not for their life kill
one of the creatures regarded by them as
their ancestors. So the monkeys in
crease and multiply without the chance
of being thinned off by any fatal battue.
The only thing that can be done to guard
against their attacks is to frighten them
away, and this is effected by tome very
cunning and curious devices. It is found
that occasionally, after a successful raid
upon some garden, a few of tbe les hard
ened oHrnders are overcome by the plen
teousneas of their feast. The potent
Juice of the grapes or of tbe figs gets tbe
uciicr in uicir reason or 01 uieir uouiiy
activity, and they remain stretched on tbe
ground to be captured by the furious pro
prietor. Wpin this a mild but insidious
punishment is inflicted upon the prision
era. Their necks are hung with small
bells or rattles, and they are turned loose
at the forest edge, when the panic created
by their appearance is such as to fright
en all their kinsfolk and acquaintance
away into the depths or the wood. If bells
cannot be procured, another process
has been invented that of clotliing the
captured ape in a stout waistcoat of red
stuff, and then letting him run. Tbe ef
fect is magical, and long after the ottra
cized animal has died or got free from his
slavish badge, the troop of depredators
holds aloof from tbe dangerous district.
Tits negroes of St Charles parish, La-
shoot alligators for their flesh. They
prefer tbe meat to that of wild game of
the woods, and assert it to I tender,
savory, and more sustaining than beef.
Foun ladies bare been elected on the
school board of London, England. One
of them, Mrs. Eaitlake, received the enor
sou number of WflQQ yoim.
Slavery in Egypt.
In Cairo tbe slave dealers (djtlUbt) dis
tribute their stuck among their agents in
various quarters of the city, and there,
although the police are supposed to be on
the watch to prevent it, bujing and sell
iag go on under the thinnest veil of con
cealment. An intending purchaser goes
to one of the private but well known tn
trtnot in which the dealers and their
slaves are lodged, and, after examining
tbe Utter, selects what suit him. hiur'le
for a time alwut the price, and finally j
cHoe the bargain then and there, or sub
sequently through a broker, who receives
a roall commission for the job. The
djttah$ object to show their ware to Eu
ropeans, aalest thev be introduced by a
aauve, wuo is not merely a dragoman;
bat with that voucher and the thin dis
guise of a fez and a Stamboulee coat, a
at iif whatever is on haad mar be
easily eeoagh had. Franks are, of course.
now forbidden by their own laws to buy !
or how siaven, out tac prnuiuiuon is not
always rrgarded by residents in the na
tive qaarters of the city, where, indeed.
a tingle man cannot hire a house nor ob
ttin lodging ualrsi he hve a female
slave. Prices range from 10 or 112 for a
black bov or L'irl of as maar vears old.
to rTO or 100 for an Abyssinian girl of
from twelTo to tcreateenor eighteen, and
from VK) la CsOO, or even 1.000, for a
high-clan Circassian. Adnlt women
slaves who have already Keen in service
are chcaptr, unless their skill in cookery,
aeedle-work, or some other cscfal art
lnlaace the rice of temper or some other
grave defect, but for which ther are rare
ly resold. The price of males above the
age of childhood varies from 20 or 30,
90 or 100, Abytdoiaa youths and men
ranging considerably above negroes. The
acutraTclats of eunuchs hat a still higher
value, bat these are now found in onlv
....... . .
ite very wealthiest Jloslcm families, the
rigorous prohibition which the law en
forces against their prud action within
Egyptian territory hartog greatly reduced
the tapply, and cwresrxmdinrfy bdght-
eaed tBeir price. Till within a few year
ago, boy slaves were bought on their way
dawa the Upper Nile, aad mutilated at
.Wiottt and some other station Coptic
prieaU being among the most ex pert oper
ator; bat this practice ha now been sup
pretttd, aad the whole of the small
yearly im partition comes ready-made
from kordefaa aad Darfoar. tnturt
Fight with a Heron.
A herea is a dangerous bird, even far
a man to attick, as will Us teca from this
story of an encounter between a mas. a
dog, aad a heron, pabliheJ in the Lodoa
rttla. 1 be berwa had been wounded, it
iet wing being broken by a shit
I it him in a lam pooh some varus
from the river bank; seemingly, as Le
nKd oa toe water, he was uahurt. A
shouted oat, "rfeere he is. Sam! the
retriever pluaged into the cildvrag pod
1 . . V ? " . 1
mi iua w kuc ais prey. .e ine
ight bejan.
Without swerving an inch, the heron.
with his crest erect, aad with a scream.
darted hit formidable beak straight at the
dog's ejet. Sam was puzzled. In a mo
ment, however, he was at him again, bat
the terrible beak of the heron, at the at
tack wat again renewed, held him fairlj
at uay. aim now changed hit plan, lie
tried to circumvent hi formidable enemy
by swimming round to it back, but the
heron presented a bold front at all points,
aad once more Sam rushed in. Tbe fight
was getting fast and furious, bat Sam,
though considerably punished, stuck to
bis post, and though repeatedly recalled,
woald not return without hit bird.
There was nothing left to do but to kill
the heron, to prevent his blinding the
dog, if be had not already done to. Ac
cordingly, I raised my gun, when my
companion shouted oat, "Don't shoot!
Dont spoil tbe bird! Ill save the dog."
In aa tntsnt Le leaped from tbe bank
iato the pool, and, swimming, made for
the heron. The bird cow left the dog,
aad turned on bis new assailant; rushing
at him with a scream, in an instant, the
heron darted his formidable beak at Mr.
Gwynne-Yaughan'seycs; but as be swam,
he managed to cover his face, and hit
hand only was wounded.
Again and again tbe heron attacked
him, but nerer succeeded in wounding
bit lace. At last, be grabbed the heron
by the leg, drew it un ier tbe water, and
struck out for the shore. Grasping the
bird by the beak, be wat soon on Itnd,
none tbe worse for his courageous exploit
man a wounded hand and a wet tkin.
Sam, the retriever, was bleeding from
at least fire honorable wounds, all within
a ouarter of an inch of either ere. It
was a courageous fight all round.
In the Wrong- Eooim.
Some ludicrous mistakes are narrated
about the occupants of the suites of rooms
at the National hoUl, Washington, which
opened upon little UilU.anitorm in appear'
auce, connected by long corridors, and
which were all furnished alike. One
night, Senator Mangum, of North Caro
Una, then dignified president of tbe
Senate, a gentleman of the old school, had
returned from a party, when Gor. Upham,
a Senator from Vermont, came in without
any ceremony and took a seat. The two
chatted away on politics, ctc until the
clock struck one. "Iieally, Gor. Upham.
said Magnum, "I am always pleased to see
you, but I believe it is getting very late."
"I hare thought ho for some time," re
plied Lpham, but made no movement.
The half hour sounded, and Magnum re
marked: "I thought, Gor. Uphim, that
iou had decided to go to bed, sir!" "So
bad.Mr. President,'' said the Vermontcr,
yet he did not budge. Mangum stared
at him in amazement, and at last said
"But why don't you g to your room! It
will soon be two o'clock." "My room,
Mr. President ! Why, this Is my room,
and I hare been waiting for you to go
away for two hours past ln Maagura
sprang to his feet, looked Into the sleep
ing room adjacent, and found that be was
In Upham'a room instead of his own.
VhilaMpMn i'rui.
To owe Is humaa; to pay up, dlrise.
Ham Christian Andersen.
The following is from the advance
sheets of the new book of European trav
el "Abroad Again," by Curtis Guild, au
thor of "Over the Oeetn" aad editor of
tbe Boton Comzurtial Beltttin :
"While our horre were resting at Sam
aden, in the upper Eogadine, weenjoved
the uoexccted pleasure of an iatervtew
with the Danish author, Han Christian
Andersen. The good-natured fdry story
teller, who wa then sojourning at the
hotel, oa heariag that two Americans
that had read hu book would like to
see him, came to us with exteeded hand
of welcome, though jatt returned from a
fttigaing eicursion to the Mortcrttsch
glacier. He had bat recently rctaraed
from Italy, where he had been fur hit
health; and had been staying here for a
week's rest, ere retaraiag to Copenhagen.
He was tall, thin, evea aiieauated la fig
ure; hi head aall. bat forehead high,
wuich wa the only point of beauty in
his face; hit nos being Urge and prom
inent, cheek-bone very distinct, and hi
gray eyes small. Bat they sptrkted with
a pleasant smile, which wreathed his lips,
aad his simple manner, pleased as a child
to be piatx, and hi gentle toae,made
it easy to see why he was persoaally so
prime a favorite with joung people. He
was pale and appeared exceadiagty fee
ble in health.
"He was delighted as a child when told
that hit stories were read and admired by
the children in America, aad inquired if
we had any tturk there, aad wondered
bow the children could understand some
of his stories if they were cot familiar
with storks, as the boys and girls of Den
mark; bat that he bad written tomt
stories expressly fer theehitdreaef Amer
ica. "'Ah! ssid he, with a sigh 'were I net sa
nearly done with life, I tboald like to see
America.
"I assarrd him he would meet a cor
dial welcome, especially fiem the little
people.
Uire my lore to them eJt,s3d be aad
tell them 1 eajey tellisg them fairy
stories. And stay! here is a tittle me
mento of our Interview, which jou may
show the children, ia Aadersea's own
haad writing. Aad he wrote in Daish a
sentence, beneath which he alo wrote it
English irassutiea :
"Life U the most beaattfol fairy tale
"Hax Caasrmx Asaaxstx
He then bade ut good-bye.
feor Andersen. Uat I will not say
poor, cither, for he wa rich ia the affec
tian of al! c!e in hi native land, a
well at elsewhere, where his writings have
been read. His death took place at Oa-
penhagea vn after I saw him, and at
his fd&eral the affection of al! daat wa
shown by the Immense gathering. The
royal family were there, and the poor
were preseet, asd depatatioe from all
parts ef Denmark aad ether countries;
aad, a one writer expresses it, many per
sons were as mnch taken by surprise a ther
would have been If it had beca reported
that .Ejp had died."
Needles.
The first suggestion ef needles is girea
in the Bible, where it it recorded that
Adam aad Ere sewed fig-Ieavet together.
let; bat there wat scarcely aay "sewing
at that time, according to the present
general acceptation of the term. It was
-sewing' without needle. The fibers of
plants (Oat :t such a fiber) would 'apply
the thread.aad a thorn-spike, or aay other
small aad sharp point, woald make boles
in the materials, through which the fiber
could pats. The first oeedles used by the
rgypuins were evcteu, ana made o:
r ..r. a
bronze. Now and then, a regular needle,
though coarse, was made. Its leazth
wa from three to four Inches. It It gen
erally believed that needles were first ta-
tro-ioced into Eagland ia Uearr the
YIIl's reign. Some years later, ia tbe
reign of Qoeea Mary (wife of Philip II.,
? . r t- - . .i . t
rung oi apaiai, iacv were cnmparauveiy
plenty. They were imported from Spain.
which then bad almost a monopoly of the
manufacture. These Spanish needles
were made of steeL It has been stated.
bat cot oa good authority, that the man
ufacture of needles was recovered and re
sumed in the reign of "good Queen Bess,'
and that the operator, a German, worked
with, great secresy, in order to keep the
trade and profits all to himself. About
the year 1600, daring the civil war. aad
just after the decapitation of Charles I,
the art of needle making was revived,
by one Christopher Greening, at Long
Crendon, a village in Buckinghamshire.
Tbe needles there and then made were
very coarse, compared with those of the
. . 1 1 T i
prcscoi lime, r inaiij, ikuuiico, a smu
town in Worcestershire, twelve miles
from Birmingham, became the center of
the needle-trade.
Iixcmixateo Lett Ens. Several cen
turies ago manuscripts used to be
written and books printed with it bat
were called illuminated capitals. The
first letter of a word at the beginning
of a chapter and of a paragraph was orna
mented with many nourishes, aad painted
with different colors, thus giving a very
bright appearance to the pages. Thomas
Chatterton, tbe youth fa I genius and poet,
learned to read from one of these illumi
nated manuscripts. He was a very dull
boy at school, and had not learned to read
when six years and a half old.
Then be happened to fall In with one
of these old manuscripts, and the odd let
ters excited his curiosity. He studied
with a new spirit, and In a few days
could read with care and pleasure. He
searched out all the old manuscripts
within rcach,and the antiquated symbols
working on hit Imagination, prepared
him fur the singular literary life he after
wards led. He began to imitate both the
style of writing and of thought, and was
toon a muter of both, and it required a
sharp critic todetcct that bit forgcrie were
aot the original manuscripts which he
claimed to nave discovered.
Br the laws of Florida no man who has
lost aa arm or a leg, no matter how or
when, or from what cause, can ha taxed
for aay bullae he Bay eater into except
the liquor bwlaeis.
Tennyson's Xew Hbase.
The liouse It modern Gothic, designed
In admirable taite, with wide taullioned
windows, many-angled oriels In shadowy
recesses, aad dinners, whose gables and
pinnacles break the sky-line picturetque
ly. Within every thing I ordered with a
quiet, refined elegance, that has in It, per
hp, jatt a toupean of ao affectation of
le.tbcticism, aot quite ia keeping with
the spirit either of modern orof medieval
life. Tbe hall, in spite of its richly
testelated paremeat,ha adelightfu! tease
of coolness In itsstft half-light. The
lofty rooms hare brad, high windows,
the light from which It tempered by deli
cately col. .red hangings; wall of the
negative tints, in which modern decora
tor delight, diapered with dull gold,
aad paneled ceilings of darklr-ttained
wood, with molded ribs and beams.
High-baeked chair, of asceat and un
promising stiffneMi, fia?k the table, typi
fying the pxit's sterner moods; while ia
eozy corners are comfortable loacge.
tnat indicate a teadency to yield some
times to the seduction of toft dreamt asd
inspirations. Nowhere is the spirit vexed
by gariih ornament or the eye by glaring
color. A few good etchings aad pcint
iagt hang on the walls, amoag them an
excellent copy of the "Peter Martyr."
l --i r. i r,, , i , - .,
wtucu t uouwiy vaiuaiMc since me ae
siructioa of the origioat.
But there b oae room ia which al! that
it raoit interesting in thitboei enters.
The door opens ooiseleasly, and the tread
ef your feet is mcfiled as yoa eater a dim
corridor, divided from the room by a high
screen. The air is heavy with the odor
of aa incense not unfamiliar to men of
letters; and, if yoa could doobt whence
it v-ye, yocr don b Is woaM be speedily
dissolved as the occupant of the chamber
comet forward to meet yoa, the insepara
ble pipe between hi teeth. Tbe figure,
though slightly beat, bears the burden of
it sixty-sir years lightly. Tbe dark
mass of bsir tailing backward from the
broad, high forehead and the "knightly
growth fringing bis lips" are but sparely
sirea&eu wiin silver; ana me xace, inouga
rugged aad deeply-lined with thought, b
fall of calm dignity aad of a tenders el
strangely at variance with his somewhat
brswjos tone asd manner. HI disregard
of the coaveatioQslities of life it thor
oughly natural aad unaffected. Hit suit
ef light gray, hinging about bim la many
a lotd, tike the bide of a rhinoceros; the
leose, ill-fitting collar aad carelessly
kaottol tie; the wide, law boots are net
worn, yoa may be tare, for artistic effect
or with the foppishness of a Byron.
A Young1 Hero.
At the di tatter which, not long since.
destroyed the lives of many misers ia the
v ai muxn mine, aa icctaesx occurred
in watch the heroic and pathetic are
miogled.
A boy of twelve years, named Mania
Craighaa, stool with a eotnpmiea oa the
carriage, waiting to be hoisted up from
the mine out of impending danger, when
it Bathed upoa his mind that a number of
workmen had cot been warned cf the
terrible peril they were in.
With a noble impulse of self-fcrgetfa!
klcdacst, he resolved to rescue them, if
pouible, and aked the other boy to go
with him. This boy refused, and waa
safely draws up the last who waa
brought up unscathed. Martia rushed
through the chambers aad galleries of the
mice alone, to carry the startling news to
the imperiled miser. Then he harried
bide to tho shaft again, hopicg to escape
with his life.
He waited for the carriage to descend;
bat the wire rope had melted, aad tbe fire
was now burning so fiercely above him,
that all hope of escape in that way (th
osly outlet) was cat off.
lie fled back to tbe miners again; bat
experience had taaght them the utter
hopelessness of escape by the ordinary
way, and they had built a barricade ia
Mania's abocce, which afforded them a
temporary protection from the noxious
gases aad smoke that were slowly filling
the mine.
Tbe barrier was solid Iv built, for upoa
tho defease it afforded them agiiast the
tmoko and gas depended the only chance
that they bad to lire uattl the burning
halt was extinguished.
Martia stood at the barrier aad begged
plteoutly to be admitted. The few sur
vivor who heard bim, say the little fel
low cried. Bat to hare made a psaga
way for him would bare beca death to all
So they were obliged to refuse him.
After a while he went quietir away to
the stable. He bad beca promoted to the
position of a maie-dnver onlv tbe day
before; aad now be went to his mule.
aad there wrote with chalk upoa a piece
ot board the names of those who were
dear to him, aad then lav down beside
his mule to die.
Hit body was found cloie to that of the
poor animal, which, ia its death agony,
bad rolled upon him aad wounded his
breast with a portion of the harness. So
died this little hero in the dark.
At the Toilet. A Japanese damsel
consider her toilet to be no unimportant
thing, aad to be ready for tbe fait she must
oc up aau dressing long ociore uie sun
rises from behind the great sacred moan
tain, Fuji. The long, coarse tresses of the
raven-black hair must be washed, combed
and greased till the head shines like a
knob of polished black marble; the
cheeks must be rouged to the proper tint;
the throat, neck and bosom powdered,
carefully leaving, however, oa the nape
of the neck three lines of the original
brown skin of the owaer, la accordance
with the rulesof Japanese cosmetic art; the
eyebrows must be carefully rounded aad
touched with black; the lips reddened
with cherry paste, with a patch of gilding
ta the centre.
The estimated value of the sales of
pictures ia New York during the past air
montns, according to the lieraitZ, is over
a million of dollars. The sua sounds
large, but it is probably aot exaggerated
Motoftho sales were at secoad haad
aad a very small part of the mosey weat
tato the naads ot artists.
The early bird catches the worm.
A Bulgarian Feast.
Culooel Baker wat ose day invited to
dinner by a rich yeoman la a Bulgarian
village, who had risen to independence by
agriculture, and was cow tbe owner of a
landed property and large flockt of sheep,
though be had commenced life with only
a plow and a pair of buffaloes. His ac
cotnt of the featt is not uninviting:
About 3 o'clock my Bulgarian host
came to aaaooace that dlooer wa ready,
aad we proceeded to bis boase, where we
were ushered into tie room, for there wa
only one besides tbe family ttslroura.
Everything ws scrupulously cleaa, the
room wai tastefully araiged with rags
aad cushieat. and there wai a blazinz
fire oa tbe ground in the center of the
room, aad upoa it several coppir pots
which gave firth most savory imeHa.
l he female part of the establithtneat
were th-sre to receive me, aad they con
sisted of the wires ef the hist and bis soc,
together with a daughter, all remarkably
p'.ajn. But the hat! The msnth w
July, aad the room waa like aa oven.
. w.
wane i, as toe oenorej guest, aau ui
take the seat near the fire!
I whispered to the Yice-Ceasal that
before dinner was half over there would
be nethiag left of me but the wick, aad
so he coatideratelr s-jggested to oar boat
that as it was a sorely mooaHght aigbt,
we might dice ia the veranda. Happy
thought! Oar hot at eoce consented,
but not witbost expressions from the fe
male portion ef the coal pan y that w
should die of cold, although the thermoca-
or was at .0 deg. Fahreakeit.
We were soon tested, crots-lessed
and Tarkish fashion, Ia a circle oa the
ground in the veranda, the ladies looking
on; ia the center wat placed abasia of
soap, asd we were each given x shallow
iron tpjoa, with which we were supposed
to dip iato the common LoL If there
It one thing which I cannot "abide" it is
Mtticg cross-legged asd Turkish fashioa
oa the hard grocad. The bed of my
boots get iato wrung placet, I find that I
bare bones where I always thought all
was soft, aad I either sit so far back
ward that I am ia dinger of rolling over
ia that direction, or so far forward that I
hare the appearance ofsayiag my prayer.
betides waica i get the cramp; so that
altogether I did sot feel exactly at mr
e in this sedentary artitade. Added
to this, the distance from nr moath to
the "common bowl" was recsiderable.
and to transfer the soup across it ia a
shallow spoon was a feat which was oaly
to be accomplished by patience aad per
severance, in my crt attempt I got the
cramp ia ay foot when my tpooa was
hall way to my month, aad deposited the
soup outside instead of inside mr waist
coat, aad Icaraed that it was decidedly
hot, which was so far satisfactory..
I ties tried the kneeling- attitude aad
got oa beuer. Tbe soup was a deliooaa
mixture of sweets aad sours, aad futi of
vegetables.
Next came a lamb, roasted whole, bead
aad all, which we all cat at ia common;
bat the exprcsuoa oa the Iamb s cocnto-
aaace made me feel like a cannibal. The
delidoc pastry called "meleaa" fol
lowed, wise was htaded round during
the meaL and evea aa alderman ciisht
hare felt that be had dined.
The toa of ear host aad bis wife then
came round with a brass dish, a piece cf
sos p, and a very pretty embruidered towel.
with which we cleansed our hands, and
relapsed Iato coffee, cigarettes, asd coo-
rersanoa.
A Clock that Stsxees Tatsxsxx.
The dake of Bridge staler was very fosd
of watchiag hit men at work, especiallr
when aay enterprise was oa foot. Whea
they were boriag for coal at Worsley the
dake came every morning asd Icvked oa.
fur a long time together. Tbe atea did
cot like to leave off wore whilst he re
mained there, and they became so dis
satisfied at having to work ao loag beTOcd
uc aour at wnsca tn; oeii rang, taat
Briadley had ditlculty ia gettiag a suf
ficient number of hands to cocuaue the
boring. On inquiry, be fouad out the
cause, aad communicated it to the dake
who, from that time, made a point of im
mediately walking off whea the bell rang,
retaraiag when the men bad resumed
work, aad remaining with them usually
until six o'clock, lie observed, however,
that though the men dropped work
promptly as the bell rang, when he waa
aot by, they were aot nearly so punctual
ia resuming work, some straggling ia
many miaates afier time. He akcd to
know the reason, aad the mea a excuse
was, that though they could always hear
the clock whea it struck twelve, they
could cot so readily hear it whea it
struck oaly one. Oa this the duke had
the mechanism of tbe clock altered so
as to make it strike thirteen at one
o'clock, which it continue to do to this
day.
A Mosster BjlltjOOS. In consequence
of the pressure now being exerted by
would-be exhibitors for space at the
Paris Exhibition of 1ST3, M. Krautz h-ts
been compelled to abaadoa his intentioa
of constructing the monster Giffard bal
loon within the exhibition precincts. Ti
French government, however, will funusk
space for its construction aa near aa
practicable to the Champa de Mars. M.
Giffard has made his preliminary techni
cal arrangements. The length of rope
will be about one thousand eight hun
dred feet. It will be conical, the thick
est ead being attached to the bottom of
the car. Tbe ascending force, when load-
ed with ballast, guide-ropes, trrapaela
aad fifty passengers, will he fire toa.
The weight of the cable, fully exteaded,
win oe two and one-half toa. The
ascending force of the hydro gea will he
twenty-three torn. The balloon Itself will
be about one hundred and tea feet ia
diameter aad one hundred aad fifty
feet in height to the uppr part of the
valve.
"Mt dear," said aa affectionate wife to
her husband, aa ahe looked oat of tha
window, "do yoa notice how greet ad
beautiful the grass looks; oa the tMtgfc
boriag hiUtl" "Well," waa tha aaiottic
raspoase, "what other color wauld j
have it at this tiate of jwt"