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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1877.
NO. 47.
JOB WORK TEf&SlZi
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Empty Hands.
BT MRS. MCTTA S. BEXfOX.
Fear not, O band grown weary.
That ee bo rooJ attained
With only bleeding finger
And palms so torn and stained. -
You've sought the deep for treasures
That vanltbed Into air;
You bare gathered only uliu
From fruit that etnuJ so fair.
You're climbed tbe highest mountain
For the bloom you thought It bore,
Aud found but a scentless blossom
Faded forevcrmore.
You've tried within the Taller
The golden grain to bind.
And wept to know your hard-won sheaves
Were only tares entwined.
You've roamed through tangled forests
For some sweet singer's home.
Only to find it empty
The sweet-voiced stager jW.
You've sought for fruit and blossom,
For bird and golden grain,
And you've but torn and empty hand
For years of toll and pain.
But know, O hands grown weary.
That hold no well-earned alms,
The King, when he seeks His vorttrt,
Will look for dtperral jAxba.
A Storv of the Border.
Leslie Cochrane was only twenty years
old when lie became a pioneer ainong the
wild woods and wilder dingers of West
era Pennsylvania. Bat be bad been
caught in that net which take all young
men love had married his girla lass
of eighteen, as brave and heartr as him
self; and together they had decided to
seek their fortunes on tbe very edge of the
border. Annie had no relatives leftsince
the Indians scalped her brother, and Les
son back from
any honorable ttto be -
cause it involved hardship and danger. ""VV.f mfi oriS f P"
Indeed, how superior ii some qualities ' ?er llidd " n boar lnger
tnih w.nTA .. he was on the rack of anxiety lest ther
those of the-frontiers seventy-five and -rT
one bnndred Tears ago. Then psrent B Dalle rrhef be ctth
encouraged tlir adult children to under- (m half English wor.ls that
take perilous and trying enterprirtts, and
were proud to see sons and daughters set
their faces to the front to battle with In
dians and animals, forests and fate, and
establish new homes i f their own.
Thus it was that 31 r. Cochrane gave
Leslie aiiorse,and mother Cochrane fur
nished the letting out" for a cabin, and
the young couple departed inb the great
woods.
The previous year Leslie had been on
scout against the red men, and a rich prai
rie flat in the French creek country had
so charmed him that he determined to
make it his home.
Tnither with his buxom bride he made
hi w ay. The horse carried all their po
esion and the girl beside when she
chote to ride.
It is surprising bow small an amount
sufficed for housekeeping in those days.
Leslie Cochrane and wife went out with
little bedding, a few dihes and kettle,
and a dozen carpenter "a to ls, the whole
making but half a load for a horse.
Everything else essential th pioneer
manufactured in the forest. And yet such
beginnings must not be despised, for
from them, and the families using them,
have sprung grand results.
Reaching their destination, temporary
cabin was built, a field of corn planted,
and in a few weeks they were fairly at
home, though many miles away from the
nearest settlement. Their food consisted
mainly of fish and wild game.
During tbe summer Leslie erected a
more substantial log-house, a stable for
the horse, and dug a well, surrounding
the whole by a stockade as a defence. In
side of the stockade a quantity of wood
was brought, the corn when ripe was
gathered, hay was collected, and every
provision was ssadc to supply the demands
of the winter.
Two or' three trij to a distant mill,
occupying each a week, were necessary
in order to turn several bushels of corn
into meal. These siiil journeys, the fir.t
separation our yoasg couple had expe
rienced, were long and anxious weeks. '
The first was i&fely performed, and a
fine grist of yellow seal was the result.
But the second was not so successful. j
He reached the sill in safetr. and
without observing anything to excite his
fears; but as he was starting to return he
was warned against bands of the Sbawa
aese known to be lurking in the vicinity.
He, however, set out with all the greater
haste, carrying but a part of the grist,and
thinking anxiously of the peril of his
young wife alone in the little stockade.
All day be pushed on, warily, but with
the highest speed of which the h&rse was ' the day when he was shot, what was her
capable. At nightfall he bad to stop, it j surprise to hear the horse whinny at the
being imposible to keep tbe way in gate of tbe stoikadev as it was nearly
darkness. Turning into a thick copse of twenty-fours too soon to lo k for her hus
bemlocks be fed the horse, ate his own ! band.
lunch of corn -cake and venison, and then
tried to sleep. With the early dawn he
was off again, goaded on by a growing
anxiety to reach his cabin.
But as tbe horse was drinking at tbe
first brook crossing, something mysteri
ous alarmed it to ruch a degree that it al
most refused to go forward. Peering
sharply around, Leslie could sec nothing
terrible, and attributed the fright to the
scent of some wild beast that had per
haps been prowliBg about the spot dur
ing the latter part of tbe night.
Mounting and urging the animal on
ward, be had scarcely gone a seore of
yards when the crack of guni startled
the silence, and be felt a bullet tear its
way through his thigh. At the same in
stant the savage war-whoop burst oa his
ears, and three or fourlndianscame rush
ing at him from among the trees.
The fright of tbe animal was now of
inestimable raise, as it sprang along the
way at a furious rate, dropping the sav
ages from re w almost la a nomeat. Les
lie was badly wounded and bleedieg rap
idly, but he maasged to keep hit seat,
for two or three miles, gradually grow
lag weak sad dizzy,bowever, and expect
ing at every leap to be hurled to tbe
ground. j
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suddenly the crisis came as the horse
gnve an unusual spring to clear a small
stream. On went the terrified animal at Or, if site failed to discover him alive or
n swifter gait than before, bot p.Kr Les-. dead she could ride to the mill settle
He fell like a dead man into the dashing J tne.it for snfctv and assistance,
current of the brook. With such reflections she decided to
rortuus'e fr him was it that he' make an earl ort tv, .?..! ..n-
dropped where he did, for.the cold bath
retived him at once, and as he crept
down the stream in search of a hiding
place the water covered his trail from
the pursuing Shawaaoe.
A moment brought him to an over
hanging bink upheld by the roots of a
large tree, beneath which he crept as the
only concealment possible for him to gain,
with one u.elrss limb aud such deathly
weakness. Bur as he was painfully
crawling under the bank another danger
appeared.
An enormous panther, probably at
tracted by the smell of freh blood, en
tered upon the scene, and spying the
wounded man, sprang fiercely up the
irunK oi a leaning tree a tew
lew leel away,
to wa.cn mm like a cat about to seize a
mouse. The position of the leaning.tree
was scch that when Leslie bad perfected
. .
bis concealment as well as he could, there
was still an opening among the roots.
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thnugh which be and. the panther looked
ccii oiner in me lace.
This state of a flail s continued f.r hlf
an hour r more, the creature lashing iu
tail and drawing its claws along the bark
of the tree, as If just about to spring.
when Leslie knew from tbe beast's sud
den change of action that the Indians
were appraarhing.
The por fellow's suspense was aironiz
ing as the panther tamed aruund and be
gan to bowl at tbe pieseoce of the new
foe. Having ttaced a victim to the hole
among the roots, tbe great cat was en
raged at Uie appearance of a rival to its
fcat of b'ood.
But tbe interval was brief. Again the
sharp crack of guns rang out, and tbe fu
rious creature sprang Into the air and fell
heavily on the ground out of Leslie's
sight.
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t i r- ,
they intended to follow the horse's trail.
not knowing that tbe rider had dropped
from his seat and was near them.
In a little time be beard their tread as
they crossed the roots within a couple
of yards of his bead and battened away
on the pursuit.
Bat had not the horse been also wound
ed so as to mark its continued flight with
blood, the savages doubtless would have
come back to the brook where Leslie fell
and searched him out. Little cared they
for the injured animal, and much f-r the
scalp of its rider; but the continuous red
trail deceived them, and saved him.
As it was, be did not dare stir from his
hiding-place until the afternoon of the
next day, le-t, returning pat the place,
they might discover him.
All this time be was half immersed in
water, and suffering untold agonies from
his wound.
Finally.toward night of the second day,
after nearly thirty-six hours in a tiring
grave, be crawled forth, like a bunted
fox, from its lair. At first he put out his
bead to look and listen; and then, dts
corering nothing alarming, be crept fee
bly into the open air.
But ah! what a situation for a wound,
ed and exhausted man, a long day's jour
ney from the nearest help, and surround
ed by an unfriendly wilderness. His
rifle be had left with his wife for her de-
fence if needed, for pioneer women were
often expert with a gun; and hence his
hunting knife was his only weapon.
Bat be was more troubled concerning
his girl wife, alone in the distant cabin,
than about himself.
The pain of his wounded limb was fur
gotten in tbe keener anguish of fear lest
tbe blood thirsty Shawaneae should fol
low the trail to tbe stockade and succeed
in killing or capturing ilw woman who
constituted its only garrison.
As he lay on the autumn leaves in the
afternoon sunshine, filled with such fore
boding, hunger began to clamor within
him, and crawling ptinfully to tbe car
cass of tbe panther, be cut ofl and tried
to cat some of this most unsavory meat.
At this moment tbe faint jarring of
distant steps came through the forest si
lence to hi ears, and feeling his inability
to defend himself from even tbe smallest
danger, be turned and began to creep
back toward the hidtng-plsce.
While be is thus engaged, let us look
into the cabin and see now Annie is far;
inp.
Knowing well ber own perilous situa
tion, she kept argus watch dunog Les-
Running to a port-hile, her heart sank
as she saw the animal without a rider.
She unbarred the heavy gate and let in
the panting, foaming, streaked creature,
where, in a moment, she discovered tht
bloody proof of what had befallen her
husband. Tbe buckskin saddled tli
was soaked in his blood I
But Annie was a brave and thoughtful
woman, and therefore gtve way to noth
ing weak or foolish, rinnly bolting Uie
gate again, she took down the gun, powder-bora,
aud bullet pouch from the book
on tbe cabin wall, and filled an iron ket
tle over tbe fire, determined, if the sav
ages attacked the stockade, to resist them
with both fire and water. Then, while
keeping a keen lookout through the port
holes and from tbe cabin roof, sho thought
over the case and laid her plans.
From the amount of blood on the sad
die, she concluded that Leslie had held
his scat for some distance after the shot,
and hcBcc, perhaps, hid escaped the In
diaas. She surmised that faints ess from
loss of blood, together with some unusual
leap of the horse, bad been the cause of
her husbaad falling to the ground. Rea
soning thus, if seemed to her that be
might be somewhere along Uie route ia
need of her help..
If not alive
Vi- -.!... t...l l.t. .1 l! iri . . ft-. . .. . I . I . Z
J bodr.
" M u" ucau lue iwocoruuiniiur. The Last Horse. The Sua la FUata.
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route
She gave
the horse an abundant of
food, and Itound up the wound in i's
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fcuiimiDg uiat an depended Uoa
uicianumi creature strength.
It wa a long and anxious night to poor
Annie, but tbe dawn eanic at last, aad
she mounted and rode away; and soj
swiftly did she cn that, had anvbodr ,
seen ber,he might have seemed like some
spiritoftbe woods.
As she sited onward, alnnt tin- f.lnt
' ujcu oy utazeu irres, me pecunar
excitement of tbe horse attracted ber no-
tier, and it occurred to her that if she
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was a-ienuve enough to the instinct of
the animal she tniirht learn whrrr it li il
parted from Italic. And so it proved.
. a SI 1 .
.u uay sne went forward, ber senses
aiuim supernaturally aleit to find beriu, gume gt uonsejs, each wilt a
Jiusband and avoid being surprised ! pecics of little chair on it back, and a
by Indians. As the sun was declining,
she approached the brook where Leslie
iuc putacacu uie orooK wucrc u"
had fallen, and the
convinced her that she was near the scene
of some part of the disaster. Slowly she
rode down the al.rw. watcbinir oa en-rr
hand t bear something pertaining to her
seaxcii, ner neart auame with reelings too
intense icr worus.
It was the tread of the horse that t Be" nich are called tbe galleries, cut
reached Lelies ears. As the animal j ia the solid rocks. At Tery sh rt Inter
stepped into the ttrrun the poor n'v,, d were openings, like small,
saw nt wne, an-i putting forth all his
.k. l. il l r . i - ...
. S . ,n ,eeoi" -n-
nie! Annie!"
She heard, and in an intant was at his
side. And such a meeting. To each it
seemed as if tbe other bait owe back!
frwn the dead. What followed scarcely
neeus rehearsal. Hy slow marches and
great caution, living on chestnuts and
raw panther's meat, tber reached the
stucksde.
A lew months restored Leslie frets his
wound; years brought peace and safety;
and ultimate! v thoutands of settlers
Bowed
r . . . mm
win uie region, i be pioneer
farm.
rbere once the little stockade stood
so cUstanl and alone, became a Tillage
site, and weal'h and distinction have '
fallen U the Cochtatte descendants. 4
N"hoever ha beard the ajred Leslie re- '
cite this adventure mnst have been im-1
presseu by the emphasis which be placed (
on lhe three strange provideaccs by i
which he was delivered. First, had he
faliea anywhere but in the stream the:or donkeys, and once more climbed the
Indians would probably have found him 1
where be fell, faint or dead, and, tearing
oz his scalp, would hive crushed in hi I
sknll with a tomahawk and deputed.
Secondly, had it not been for tbe Indians
the panther would have finished him.
And thirdly, the bullet that drew tbe
dripping blood fn m tbe neck f the
buTce, so that the erimton trait did nt
cese at the brook, sated bis life by lead
ing away His pursuers.
In rl-aiog u.e try be used te sav. in
a most solemn manner:
"Death missed me bv a miracle, three
time in a single hour."
A 2an Who XeveT Told a Lie.
Yesterday afternoon an old oil man.
with crude petroleum dripping from his
clothes, and legs inclosed in high boots.
entered the "Derrick" office and said;
"Waatan itemr
"What is UP we inquired.
"I've got the dumdest item voa ever
hern tell on. I struck an ile well oa my
Itase Monday, an she flowed a stream of
ile one hundred feet high straight up for
half an hour. Then she kinder died down.
One or my drillers wai s'aading over the
hole, when the suddenly spurted ajrain,
an' blast my eyes! if it didn't take that
driller right up with it. The stream was
a powerful one, jou see, an be went up a
hundred feet. You've seen the Ltllej
balls as dance about on top of those little
spurting fountains, such as they have in
the cities? Yes; waal, that's the war this
thing acted, an' there's that air driller
right up on top of that hundred fat col
umn of crude ile, and he's dancing about
like chaff in a fanning milL What doyou
think of thatunt"
"How long lias he been up tbereP
"About four day and four nights.
"He most be Tery hungry by this time, i
uoesu t he come down ti get something
o eatf
"Why, wc nns Just pnt a plate of huh
in this stream of ile, and it tske it up to
him, you see. And it's mighty bandy, as
be finds his victuals already greased, an'
he doesn't need any but'er.
"But he must have frozen to death be
f.re this time."
Why, man, we're sent him up on the
same stream bed and bedding, a small
sbive an' wood, an' we're going to build
him a small bouse, and then he can live
there as comfortable as a prince."
Ills face wa as innocent of deceit as a
piece of tanned leather, and when he
askod to have his name put down as a
dead-hea 1 subscriber for information he
had given, we didn't have the heart tu
hurt his feeling. Oil City Derrick.
A Loxo JotJHMrr. A little girl.nol five
years of age. rrcenUy performed ajnurncv
Mf 4,500 miles alone. Six months ago
the was left aa orphan at Chicago by tbe
death o her father and mother. Her
only relation in the world is an aunt liv
ing in Stockp -rt, England. This lady
communicated with the United States
Consul in Manchester, who wrote to Chi
cago and had arrangements made for
sending the child to England. Maggie
was equipped for the Journe y.acd traveled
a thousand miles to Xow York.under Uie
care of a railway conduct r. At New York
she wis icccivcd by strangers, who enter
tained her for some days, and then placed
her on biard the English steamship, ua
der the care of captain and stewardess.
She was landed aafely.oo the arrival of
the steamer at Liverpool, and givta over
to her aunt, having experienced noUiing
but kindnes during the entire journey.
A bot in Salem, Mas., died last week
from lockjaw resulting from the filling
of a tooth.
The whole height of thd north fmnt n
! the rock ubout 1,450 feet) is seen; and it
iooks so grand and so strong that we do
not wonder that the Spaniards dt not
IllcciU being out of their hands. As we
re-entered the tovtn we paxed thrum?!;
tbe uwkct place, which lies between the
outer and the Inner rates. nr t--e
t I . I . . . 1 . .
I piwx. ine market is sup-
j piteu i rain i anglers in Africa, Algecirat
ss0 'toque in Spain. Wc saw on
Uie stalls beef, mutton and kid: fish
mullet, sardine, soles, crabs and oysters
fruit orange--, lemons, dates: and re"
' eh!es potato, artichokes, tomstoes.
onions Iettace, celery. KrcTjlxxly goes
ui muu n o ine oiiiicrs' itm
y ia iqeir nine pony car
nsges, taking their marketing aloDg
i ,la "Ksa. ) e went to see the fam-His
It t . .
ganencs cut out in the rock, and to
mount to the sfcrnal station on th ntn
P0 the rock.
iaiug wat out oi i:e question, so
11 tt t m
! maa to ld it. Thrnugh narrow street,
f rlane, as they are called, we motistcd
w'Bpw the northern part of the town.
. Png uirougn tbe old Jloorish wall
lato the part of the rock called the Cas
' c- Here the permission to viait the
' galleries was sbon, and a s ddier came
w uur guiae. men we mounted i still
' "a w uoaiteyai lurougn the long tun-
! "w'wcu-uji room, with h lr- for win
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ua.ua iac iir hi eica little
, room stoud a cannon, the mouth of which
pointed out through the window-like
I opening. Alt round on tbe floor were
heaps of shells and balls. The whole of
' the galleries look over the iithmus,or the
o,e U it, an4 so face Spun. The
cannon are qoite modern, and work is al-
. XaJ going oa strengthening the fortifi
cation, macing new openings, etc The
i sow icr who was with us said that the
smoke blew back into the gUleries when
the guns were fired, and filled the tral-
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iviica i me men coaio iiaruir see.
i The largrst of the galleries thawesaw
1 B11 chamber called St. George's
'ialt. anj here were five canooa pointing
m diflrreat directi-tns. Under this halt
another like it called Cornwall! Hall,
to which a losg staircase, that did sot
uejceao, led duwn. After we ha.1 passed
through tbe galleries, the last of which
w walked through, we again mounted
hitltide, past various stations anj out
look, till we came to tbe little platform
oa hich the signal station is built.
H.re
is a ioui noose woere me signal man
lives with his wife and family. The
pavement of the platform covers a tank
tilled with rain-water. Oa tbe platform
La tid the two guns, froai one of which
the morning and evening gun are fired.
There i also the signal sian", aad the little
shed where the telegraph is worked. A
smalt water tr&agii hi. been made, from
which the monkeys the only ones in
Europe driok.
A book tu beta kept since 1S5C,
showing the numbers of the moakev
seen, and what they were doing at the
time of the olacrratioa. There were
only four to be seen at tbe time when the
book was begun to be kept; no there
are about twenty-one. Sometimes for
days together they are not seen. When
we paid our visit they had not been seen
since the ri.it of tbe "Prince of Wales to
Gibraltar; the soldiers thought the firing
of the canooa and the illuminations had
frightened them too much. There are
many caves and holes in the rock where
they can take shelter; they only come
out when tbty want water. Oa tbe rock,
near the signal station, there is also an
eagle's nest, where fur some time past a
pair of eagles have, rear by year, reared
their young ones. The ear! eta : the
i. . it & . .
old one stay. We looked thruueh the
telescope and saw the neat.
Useless Pton-iL We see no special
cccatioa for being very obsequious to
ward trial race of ueings.wbelher male or
female, young or old, in high life or low
life, whose earthly bistort is represented
by the title of this article. They are
simply idlers aad waiters, so far as any
practical utility is concerned. Mani
festly they have come to tha wrong
world: and the s.oner ther leave it the
sooner society will be relieved of a bur
densome and expensive nuisance. Ealing
and drinking and sleeping constitute
their chief employment. With their
provender made sure, they are quite sat'
i.fied. Habits ol indu.try they have not;
and, moreover, it is no part of their plan
to do anything that is of practical value
for eiUicr world. Fortunately for them
selves, breathing is spontaneous and ani
mal nutriUon goes forward by a self-impelling
law. Were the fact otherwise,
they would die for tbe want of breatft, or
speedily become ghatly skeletons. Such
are your uscles, g.od-for-nothing people.
Their significance iu really ajdiog any
thing valuable to the world is less than
that of aa oyster. Iiulepaulent.
Talletoand is America. Talley
rand spent a part of bis time in New
York. Being on a visit to that city my
self when ho was there, he invited me to
breakfast with him. He was then about
to set out on a visit to the Western coun
try, and such was the wild state of that
region in those days lh.t he thought it
nccesary to equip himself like a hunter;
for which purpose he had caused' a rifle
man's suit to be made, and after break
fast he went up to the bed-room aad put
it oa. When ho was fully dressed in the
costume of a back woodsman of the last
century he called me up to look at him.
Tbemetamorphoils from the bishop's lawn
and purple to this savage garment was
sufficiently ridiculous, but he did not
think so, for he displayed it with, pride
and delight. Ilis companion. Beau hi al.
had a similar habit, and shortly afterward
they explored the forests of the interior
with their rifle-guas aud huaUBg-shirts.
Axd when they get through using Boss
Tweed as a scarecrow, what arc they
goiag to do about him?
Brother Gardner had planned to cele
brate the glorious Fourth by hunting
snipe on the shores of St. Clair, but when
be reached the race-course the excitement
drew him in among the spectators. It was
noticed a he came down in tbe eveoiog
um uis snot-gun was tutsiing, and be
was asked to explain Its absence.
"I doan'feel much like 'spUiniog any
ting." be svily answered. But being
prri ue went on:
" WelL after I got In dar and seed ererv
bly putUn' up deir money on dt bosses
I reckoffcd I'd better scoop some green
horn out'a five or tea dollars. I went
over and t-ok a look at de flyers. Bime
by I seed one dat pleased me, and I made
up to de driver and axed him if be meant
to win de race. He said he did. II
said he'd go right by all de odder boates
as Ue lightning goes by a man wid
wheelbarrow, aad he'd come down de
stretch-ham; wid sparks of fire flving
from de wheels."
"And you bet on that horser"
"Dat ' wot I did, of course. I put up
1st new shot-gun agin five dollars, and
when de eight horses pranced up to de
core, I could feel dat five dollars jam pin'
ngni irew aii my reins. "
"well, did your horse wm
"Not exactly not unless the anaaile
hicb come in behind all de rest is tie
winner. Whea I seed him way back dar
I yelled for de driver to put on de whin.
out ue never mindeu me, aad a white man
kit dis plug hat aa awful smash. I be
lieve dat horse was polled. It doaa
seem to me that he was gives a fair show.
Den it uota staa to reason dat his driver
would ttll me to bet oa de boss if be
didn t feel suab ob de race. What fer
should he het What fer would be de
objeck!"
"So you ve lost theganf
"De can dua gone. De feller wot
wiased it walked right off like de bi
got duke ia Michigan, an cf a rash of
cool air hadn t come along about dat
time I might'sr sank down oa de grass
to rise no caeah. Vze feci ia' better jes
new, an et i kin make de ole womas be
I . . a.B.4
ticvc i to ue caa in ie maasa in re
cover from dis shock as de years roll
array." Ddrtil Frt Prat.
A IloTAt. Panrnrr. The foitowiaz is
a paragraph from a letter which the late
ljucca of Uoitand wrote to hapoleoa III
after Sadowa. It ges to prove that the
credit enjoyed by her Majesty f being
gifted with considerable political fore-
aight was set saUeserred
"xoa labor uader strange illasioas.
and your prestige, has sadly diatnitbed
within the patt fortnight. You allow the
weak to be trampled apoo, and vou per
mit roar neares: neighbor to iacrrase ia
iasolcsce aad brutality. I regret that
you shoold have considered me personal
Ir interested in tkit onotioa. an! tht
you ahoald refuse to kg the fatal danger
of a powerful Gvrmaay aad a powerful
Italy. It is the dj natty which is aea
accd, aad which wilt hai to sufler the
coasequeoccs. I say this becsae it Is
the truth, and you will acknowledge it
wbea tow late.
-Do not suppose that the misfortuse
which orer helms me ia the disaster of
my country ( Wcrtemberrl renders me na-
jast or saspiooas. Venice ceded, Aus
tria should have been assisted, aad joo
shoald have marched oa the Rniae aad
mposed ywar conditions. To allow Aus
tria's throat to be cat was more thaa a
crime; it was a blander. Perhaps this is
my last letter. I do aot think it will be
listened to; bat I desire to be able to say
some day that I did what I could to pre
vent the ruin of what has inspired me
ith so much faith and so much aflec-
tioa" Pail MiU Gvutu'i Paris Corr-
How TouTOtsES Rxrr Warm. Ac
cording to M. Bouchard, the prccanUoa
taken by tortoises aaiaU cmnlng cold
(ia days or seasons) may give useful ia
formation to farmers aad others. For
some years he has beea guided by such
indications ia the maaagemeat of his con
servatory. At the ead of autumn, whea
the winter is going to be severe, the tor
toises bury themselves deep, so as to be
wholly concealed. Before a mild winter.
oa the other hand, they bjry themselves
oaly a few centimetreajast protecting the
apertures of their carapaces. Ia January
tney venture! even fi walk out, but oa
the approach of the late cold ia Febru
ary they ensconced themselves anew.
One day in March, the thermometer being
at tea degrees C-. M. Bouchard noticed
hii tortoises bury themselves; that sight
tbe mercury fell to two degrees abuse
ztro, C Again, on the 1st of April, the
thermometer being at forty degrees in the
sun, his most sensitive subject went into
the gTouad. On the 2 i there was a hoar
frost. Several other like cases are riven.
a
Assorted Kisses. A humorous friend
ofoursuscdto be particularly eatbusi
astic oa the classic subject of osculatina.
lie declared there were few "sciences so
difficult of acquisition. "People," said
he, "will kiss; yet not one in a hundred
knows bow to extract bibs from lovely
lips any more thaa he knows how to
make diamonds from charcoal." He used
to relate his experiences of a good-night's
kiss imprinted on the lips of his in.
amorata after having escorted her to and
from a New Eoglaad forfeit party, where
tbe poor girl, being the belle of the even
ing, had been kissed, aad, as be ex
pressed himself, "slobbered oTer by all
wad sundry." He declared that ia that
one chaste salute he could discriminate
"nine distinct and separate flavors,"
namely, "onions, tobacco, peppermint,
gia, lager beer, brandr, checkrrberry,
mutk, and camphor." F. II. Brmcn, in
AppUloru
CKtrrixs are favored above all men ia
Florida, where the laws provide that no
mao who has loit aa arm or a Iegao
matter how or when, or from what cause,
can be taxed for any business he may en
ter into, always excepUng th6 liquor
business.
Two thousand American firms hare an
nounced their intention to contribute to
the Paris Exhibitioa.
Concerning tlie nfr.tx
S - - mmmM-iM JWVfVSVU
nclacr Uie tun tn&T nnt cnixi
ia
l coliUioo with a comet. Prof. Proctor
ajs. -opposing mere really Is, I will
not tar danger, bnt a rvn.t.ii;- ..
. ' .
our sun may one day, through the 'arriv
mi ui some Tery large comet traveling
direct Ir toward him. share th A.- r
other suns whse outbursts have tm
described br atlroaomm r m
destroyed unawares, or we might be made
wre for Several weeks of the approach
of Uie destrovinftf
example, the comef, which might arrive
from any part of the heavens, came from
OUt thtt Bart nf ttu star rlt.rh. w,r.k i.
occupied by tbo coattellatioa Taurus;
to en, if the arrival were so tibed tha
the comet, which might reach the sua at
any time, felt upoa him fa May or Jane,
we should know nothing nf that
approach; for it would approach ia that
r.r r.t i. 1 " i . i
t' k u-iou uica was occupies
by the sua, aad his splendor would hide
f.i .
uu, aan aim spicuuor woaiu nine
.WV Tk 1 i.W J pa
i Other hand, if the rnrnr irftiin.
a i
the
from th- ,, 1-
?S? f3??, of bfTOs,
approached as to fall upon the : sua ia
. or em ber or December, we should see it
for several weeks. For it would thea an -
proach from the part of the heavens high
abov. the southern aorizoa at raidaLrht.
Astroaomers would be able In a rV d.
after it was discovered to determine iu
path aad predict iu d iwofall upoa the
sua, precisely as Xewt&o calculated the
ai prcciscty as ewioo calculated the
paw oi nis cotset aad predicted its Bear
approach to the sua. It would be known
-;. ma u uie cresx wnicartew-
toa eontcmnlaleftl aa liWTv
meadous oatbarst of solar heat, cosape-
M3si 10 uesuoy ail iie upoa the surface
of oor earth, was about to take place;
aad, docibUesfl, the minds of saaay sta
deau of science would be exercised dar
ing that bterral ia determining whether
...va .uiftutis iuag, ror bt owa
part, I hive very litUe doubt that, though
the change in th tnn'i rrtnAltiM !.
sequeace of the direct downfall upon his
. r r . . . .
ntimtx: i a tctj targe come: would be
but temoorarr. isJ in th. r,. .1.4..
ret beegct dmo the 5rh!iItBf nr tt
earth would be by so meaas slight. I
oa cos mina mat any stadeaU of sceece
woald remain. aitr th
record iu eflects.
Fortanatelr. all that w
hitherto from the stars favors the belief
.. ... ivtl kftjc
'hat wtilf . . . . . 1 . ft T . .
"T m ftUIUUUCUl IM3 ftKlf . QE.AJ
be possible, it is (irmlliirtT nrllV.lv
. r "-j.
We mar estimate the rvrnblitl!t?t nr.
cisctT ia tar same war taat aa isssrasce
compsay esasaates the chaaca of a rail
way accident. Such a coapisy consid
ers the nana ber of accidents which occur
aao3g a given a a a ber of railway jour
neys, aad from the smallaess of the num
ber of accliirnti connt..! arfrS tk tim
aeas of the nam ber of jocraeys estl stales
the safety of railway traveling. O ar sua
is oae xnvoeur maar millions of tnr-c tu-
oae of which (thoaga alt but a few tivoo-
saads are actually invisible) woald be
come risible to the Baked ere. ifmiHt
to tbe same coadittt as at tare afrcted
the saas ia flaxes referred to above. See
iag. thea. that durin? the lat tA iSnn.
sand jears or thereabouU oaly a few
i a lances ot the kind, certainly aot so
ratar as twentr. hare beea mnl1 -
may fairly coatider the 'f exceed
ingly scaall that duriag the aext two
thoQsasd, or erea the next treaty thou
sand Tears. Oar SBn will h rrnn.rA In
catsttrophe of the kiad."
Swiwdlcw.
The snceeaafdl aatinilter ic
maa of rood soninam anrl IK.l
manners; his chief victims are hotel pro
prietors ana Doaraiag-boaje keepers,
their cccuoatioa readeriBr then
liarly liable to iaapssitioa. Not long
since a maa ia Xew York, when 5Mr
caught in tbe act, opealy boasted that
for over two years he had lived at the
fiaetup-towa boardinr hwses sad aot S
paio one cent aanag taat time for txMrtl;:
he was geatlemaaly ia appearance, well.
dressed, ia bossessioa of sine mnvnJ
T .ft .. . . - . I
o- j t-r- -
dressed, ia possessioo of fiae coavrrsa-
uonai powers, aau Tery popular among
the ladies. His rtlaa w tn m'I .
first-class bearding-house, engage aoart-
.... 1 1 . . .
ucat, uu octore pans King ci the nrst
meal inform the laadladr thas "h rmM
not get his baggage over the ferry that
moraiag," "had aot arrived at the ex
pre ctSce yet," "was delayed oa the
road by aa accident," elc always Cram-
? t '
mg some piausioie excuse so as to gaia
a foothold, and in the ia
himself agreeable to all the ladies ia the
nouse, particularly the laadlady and her
daughters, if perchance she had anr, be
ing good pianist, a good reader, a
charming daaccr, aad with such "win
ning ways," that before she was hardly
aware of the fact, be owed her a aioath "s
board, whea he quietly stepped out, never
" miu. j luuico oi a Bscaaer class
are those who banc amniit lam knrel
for the chaace of securing a mewl. Whea
tney uiibk no oae is looking, tbey sup
into the dining-room. Some of them
can tell to a nicety at jast what hoar
and minute they stand a better chaace;
as a matter of coarse where Ivn nr thnu
hundred people are sitting dowa to a
i 1. 1. . r.i j?
W t "iu isaitcr to uiscera oae
oersoa who has sot rrsritml. !)!
another class are those who oa stopping
w notct bstc a tair saow ot Oaggagc,
but which ! rralttr t vnrtbttvu- tkU
class has maay devices, and geaerally
n4ftft.l. I. .v. . s i
.ft.ft.ft.w.v. c ikuviunj; uc taauioru,
cvea if he be aot orer-credaloas. In
fact, for wavs that are dark, the hotel.
swindler is rerjr peculiar.
He Came back to hi soother. lvlcincr
very forlorn, with a big red swelling ua
der his left eye, aad tone or fire baad
fuls of tora shirt boiling over his breeches
band. "Whr. where oa earth, have tou
beea!" she asked. "Me aad Johnny's
been nlavtn I To mIvk1 he was a nl.
rate aad I played I was a duke. Thea
he put oa airs, aad I got mad, aad "
"Yes, yesl" iaterruptcd his mother, her
eyes flashing, "aad you diJa't flinch I"
ft. V- .1 . I.... .t. 11-1 1 ,
.tu, Biuuicr, uut cue puawi iitLeu.
A rt rr icdlt leek to pkk oae from a
bald-head.
Floating Gossip.
Wilkie Collins has the gout.
Jeff Davis is said to be peaailess.
Charier Ros was stolen thr tmt -m
July 1st.
Charles 0'Coaor was born ia New
York, aad began life as a newsboy.
Modern m rri . rr w . . -. . ...t.,.
rry. hegia with a omrt aad ead with a
court.
Dr. Tvetf. th- Wrl.cnmmn r .
f NewYork, Is said to be worth half a
tuitucn.
The Lcndoa TrritK un that th.miir.
of appljing aa artificial bluets to chil
dren' faces is oa tae increase.
General W. W. Averill, the famous car
airy raider, resides ia Washington, aad b
president of a paving company.
An Iowa paper gives a thrilling ac
count of the cfiort of a young to
take hame a widow and three swanaa of
: kees at the same time la a ws"oa.
The Buffalo iTrprm estimate that, "ia.
Li.j:..i..i.i. r . .. TT V
bees at the same urns la a wsgoa.
.wooing aaca. nire aau toll," about f50O
will eaable oae to spead a couple of days
U Sugm Falls thissoa. J
. T,- . T .
1 f.y that Mrs. Com-
nodotB )aihtit will marry a Virgiaia
' com. f bo u J003- widower,
! 100 WDOta uc mazodore cat oat.
Ills holiness the othj-r ! tn Pr..
cea Thorn : "Among the iaaazaerable
mV. T V . . - 1 ...
' a." tTeu, ooooay nas given
j waaiea two sew lg.
Mrs. Burnett, author of "That T o'
Lowrfe's," i twenty-seTea rears old, aad
was born ia Maecaester, Eagtsad, cosa
iag to this coca try at the age of s'Ttwi.
Tbe dead bodies of the royal faaily of
the Sandwich Islands are pat ia a strocg
pickle of alcohol, etc, before sepoltarc,
to ensure their preserTatioa for assay
years.
A tuasel through the Pyrenees- will
complete the railrind coauaaaicatioa be
tween France and Spsia by Jaaaary 1st,
1873. It will save twelve hours of dili
geaoe ridiag.
A Coasectifnt r?wK(r r tSt .
j good csogregarioa wilt praise the aesic.
ries of the asher, bet as to the serooa;
"Well, I deaao."
Geaeral Joseab E. Johsstoa is child.
I firv. . i jiy.g IX u UQCa i&C BWWae
... A . i ... . -ft . a
less. Ia appe&rasce be is aanca. the
. UVUISJ UC WIT, CXCepC UUl OtS U1T
1 and LeirJ ttan wKitnt .-,1 v-
; . nil. .ft.W
in hi fw r Arnv
Tbe Duke of EiinbsrTh is aad to h
nesotiadagfosjthe pcrcbaae of OhlvaT
House Torbay, Eagtaad the spleadid
maasMa erected by the late Mr. Stager
of sewing machine fame.
Some amiable iadiridaals ia Eaglasd
bare toUcribed tor the shipsat of 2,009
plaaa padding to the aeareat attainable
sectioa of the Turkish btibt. Th rr.A.
diags were seat ia heraericalty-sealed
cans.
There is hardtr a crista whten m. -r-
can commit that wilt n&ore completely de
stroy ue peace oi some taaa the habit of
being penis really dissatisfied with every
thin tear ia ai;j tA Ann hi- vifa
' ML V
childrea.
Sstn.rs If neonle will ax
tbej will be amncd to tad bow much a
. r a a
rcauy eoj oyaaic eveciag owes to smiles.
Bjt rerr tew eosuJer vnat aa i!vfiit
symbol of fine intellect aad fine feeiiag
are thiairi of edueaiian. Sinn Art nst
smile; coarse, brutal, cruel ssea aaav
t a . . ,. ...
laugn, oat tney seidoo smUe. It Is paia-
fnl to teirct hor vUm the rw-w-ir T-
The efllcesce, the beaedictios, the radi-
aace, wnica -nil use ailccce Ute a speech
the smile of a fuiL annrx-tavr- K,rt
Tbe face grows fiaer as it Lsteas, aad thea
oreaxs tola sttsaiae iastead of words,
has a aah2le. rhtraiintr (nilnftv-i nw.
' sail v felt, thootrh rerr seldom onderaifu)
or sckaowledged. Lord Bacoa tells of a
- 1 ft . .
wwju ue anew, a ataa wao
S1Te lordly eatertaiameau, bat always
sctferwi some sarcastic persoaalitr to
"mar a good dianer," addiag, "Dtscretioa
of speech is more thaa eloqaeace, aad to
speak agreeably to him with whom we
deal is more thin to speak iagood words;
for he that hath a satirical Tela, raafcistg
others afraid of his wit, hath need to be
afraid of others' memory."
A Couocs ASBCtMTE. Aa aaecdote
illustrative of aa aaimal abaadoaiag iu
artificial for its natural taste, whea usee
it has learned what it is, may be told of
a Ume ichneumon, which I kept aad fed
with milk. Oae day I brought aim a
small water-serpeat alive, being desirous
to kaow how far his iasticct would carry
him agaiast a being with which he was
hitherto totally aaacquaiated. His first
emotion seemed to be astoaiahmeat
mixed with, aager, for his hair became
erect; bnt, la aa iaslaat after, be slipped
behind the reptile, aad with remarkable
agility leaped upon iu head, seised it,
aad crushed it between his teeth. This
essay, aad acw aliment, seemed to have
awakened la him his innate aad destruc
tive roracity, which till then had girea
way to the geaUeaess he had acquired
from his euueatioa. I had about my
bouse several kiads of carious fowls,
amoag which he had beea broaht ap,
aad which, till thea, be had saiered ta
go aad come unmolested; bat, a lew days
after, he straagled them every owe, ate a
little, aad, as appeared, drank the blood,
of two.
A Quaker, having married for hk wifs
a member of the Church of EsgtaaJ, was
asked after the ceremony hy the clergy
man for his fee, which he said waa a
crowa. The Quaker, SAioaished at tha
demand, said if he could be shorza say
textia Scripture which proved the fee
was a crowa he woald giveit,upo which,
the clergjmaa directly taraedto the 13tm
chapter of Proverbs, Terse 4, where i k
said, "A Tirtaous womaa is a crowa to
her husbaad." "Thou art right," replied
the Quaker, uia thy aasenioa SoJootea.
was a wise maa. Here is thy aseaey
which Ukh hast well aad traiy earned.
Sovx good may be e&traeteVfeft
trery exil.